Gavin Brown Season 2025-26

Weight149
Height5-8
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownLebanon, Ohio

BEFORE PURDUE
• Spent three seasons at Ohio State before transferring to Purdue, totaling a 16-12 record while competing mostly at 149-to-157 pounds
• Went 4-3 as a redshirt sophomore in 2024-25, picking up a 20-4 technical fall win in his only dual match of the season against Lock Haven
• Represented the Buckeyes in the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Clarion Open, placing sixth at Clarion (157 lbs.)
• Won his first college tournament title at the 2023 Blue Raider Open, going 4-0 at 157 lbs.

Season W-L (pct.) Duals Big Ten MD TF Pins
2022-23 (Fr.) 9-6 (.600) 1-2 0-1 2 4 1
2023-24 (R-Fr.) 3-3 (.500) 0-1 0-1 0 2 0
2024-25 (R-So.) 4-3 (.571) 1-0 0-0 1 1 0
Career (at Ohio State) 16-12 (.571) 2-3 0-2 3 7 1

HIGH SCHOOL
• Finished No. 131 on the 2022 MatScouts Big Board
• Three-time Ohio state champion, earning the Division III title at 150 lbs. as a senior in 2022 after winning at 145 as a junior and at 126 as a freshman
• Was a top contender to win a state title as a sophomore in 2020 if not for COVID-19 cancelations
• Posted a high school record of 120-11 at Legacy Christian Academy
• Lettered four times in wrestling

PERSONAL
• Hometown: Lebanon, Ohio
• Birthday: Jan. 14, 2003
• Height: 5'8
• Son of Jason and Kayce Brown
• Has three siblings: Peyton, Brayden and Ellory
• Instagram: @gbrown_5