Peyton Robb Season 2019-20

Honors & Awards

• Three-time NCAA All-American (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (Dec. 19, 2023)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)
• Five-Time Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Five-Time NCAA Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• NWCA Honorable Mention All-America (2020)
• Nebraska's Most Courageous Wrestler (2021-22, 2022-23)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree (2024) 
• Nebraska Outstanding Scholar Award (2024)
• Outstanding Male Newcomer (2020)
• NWCA Scholar All-American (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

2023-24 (Senior)

NCAA Championships - 7th (4-2) - 157 pounds

• First Round: No. 8 Robb dec. No. 25 Trevor Chumbley (NW) 1-0
• Second Round: No. 8 Robb dec. No. 9 Will Lewan (MICH) 11-6
• Quarterfinals: No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) major dec. No. 8 Robb 8-0
• Round of 12: No. 8 Robb dec. No. 19 Tommy Askey (APP) 9-4
• Cons. Quarters: No. 7 Peyten Kellar (OHIO) dec. No. 8 Robb 12-10
• Seventh-Place Match: No. 8 Robb major dec. No. 10 Jared Franek (IOWA) 11-2

Big Ten Championships - 3rd (5-1) - 157 pounds

• First Round: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) tech. fall No. 12 Michael North (MD) 15-0
• Quarterfinals: No. 4 Jared Franek (IOWA) dec. No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) 7-3
• Cons. Second Round: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) tech. fall No. 11 Al Desantis (RUT) 15-0
• Cons. Quarterfinals: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. No. 9 Trevor Chumbley (NU) 5-0
• Cons. Semifinals: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. No. 3 Brayton Lee (IND) 2-1
• Third-Place Match: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) over No. 4 Jared Franek (IOWA) MFF

Regular Season - 157 pounds

• 28-4 overall (14-0 dual record)
• Bonus points: two pins, eight technical falls, five major decisions 
• Placed first at the Navy Classic and the Cliff Keen Invite 

2022-23 (Junior) 

NCAA Championships - 6th (3-3) - 157 pounds

• First Round: No. 3 Robb tech. fall No. 30 Jared Hill (OU) 15-0 (6:11)
• Second Round: No. 3 Robb tech. fall No. 19 Garrett Model (WIS) 16-1 (5:40)
• Quarterfinals: No. 3 Robb dec. No. 6 Daniel Cardenas (STAN) 6-4
• Semifinals: No. 2 Levi Haines (PSU) dec. No. 3 Robb 5-2
• Cons. Semifinals: No. 4 Jared Franek (NDSU) dec. No. 3 Robb 3-1
• Fifth-Place Match: No. 8 Ed Scott (NCST) dec. No. 3 Robb MFF

Big Ten Championships - 2nd Place (2-1) - 157 pounds

• First Round: Bye
• Quarterfinals: No. 1 Robb (NEB) maj. dec. No. 8 Trevor Chumbley (NU) 12-3
• Semifinals: No. 1 Robb (NEB) dec. No. 4 Chase Saldate (MSU) 4-3
• Finals: No. 2 Levi Haines (PSU) dec. No. 1 Robb (NEB) 3-1

Regular Season - 157 pounds

• 28-4 overall (14-0 dual record)
• Bonus points: two pins, eight technical falls, five major decisions 
• Placed first at the Navy Classic and the Cliff Keen Invite 

2021-22 (Sophomore) 

NCAA Championships - 4th (6-2) - 157 pounds

• Round 1 - Peyton Robb (NEB) pinned Markus Hartman (ARMY) (1:51)
• Round 2 - Josh Humphreys (LU) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB) 8-5
• Cons. Round 2 - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Doug Zapf (PENN) 3-2
• Cons. Round 3 - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Brady Berge (PSU), 8-3
• Cons. Round 4 - Peyton Robb (NEB) pinned Ed Scott (NCSU) (4:36)
• Cons. Round 5 - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Hunter Willits (OSU), 4-1
• Cons. Semi - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Jacori Teemer (ASU), 6-4
• 3rd Place Match - David Carr (ISU) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 7-2

Big Ten Championships - 5th Place (3-2) - 157 pounds

• Round 1 - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Joseph Roberts (ILL), 4-0
• Quarterfinal - Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. Kendall Coleman (PUR) 6-4 SV-1
• Semifinal - Ryan Deakin (NU) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 5-3
• Cons. Semi - Kaleb Young (IOWA) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 8-1
• 5th Place Match - Peyton Robb (NEB) major dec. Kendall Coleman (PUR), 8-0

Regular Season - 157 pounds

• 19-10 overall (5-4 dual record)
• Bonus points: Four pins, one major decision 
• Placed second at the Daktronics Open (Nov. 21) and sixth at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 4)

2020-21 (Sophomore) 

NCAA Championships - DNP (2-2) - 165 pounds

• First Round: #14 Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. #19 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR), 4-1
• Second Round: #3 Jake Wentzel (PITT) dec. #14 Peyton Robb (NEB), 8-1
• Cons. Second Round: #14 Peyton Robb (NEB) major dec. #20 Cole Moody (WYO), 15-7
• Cons. Third Round: #11 Cameron Amine (MICH) dec. #14 Peyton Robb (NEB), 6-4

Big Ten Championships - 4th Place (3-2) - 165 pounds

• First Round:  Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. No. 10 Nick South (IU), 10-4
• Quarterfinals: Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. No. 2 Dan Braunagel (ILL), 9-5
• Semifinals: No. 3 Ethan Smith (OSU) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 5-3 SV1
• Cons. Semifinals: Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. No. 9 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR), 6-3
• 3rd-Place Match: No. 4 Cameron Amine (MICH) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 4-1

Regular Season - 165 pounds

• 6-3 overall (5-3 dual record)
• Bonus points: Two major decisions, one pin
• Moved up a weight class and earned the starting spot at 165 pounds
• Earned his first wins of the season in the Nebraska Triangular, defeating David Ferrante (Northwestern) by 8-5 decision and Jonathon Spadafora (Maryland) by 11-5 decision. 

2019-20 (Redshirt Freshman) 
Big Ten Championships - 3rd Place (4-1) - 157 pounds

• First Round: Peyton Robb (NEB) major dec. #10 Jahi Jones (MD), 14-3
• Quarterfinals: Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. #2 Kaleb Young (IOWA), 3-2
• Semifinals: #3 Kendall Coleman (PUR) dec. Peyton Robb (NEB), 3-2
• Cons. Semifinals: Peyton Robb (NEB) over #6 Jake Tucker (MSU), M FOR
• 3rd-Place Match: Peyton Robb (NEB) dec. #8 Eric Barone (ILL), 5-4

Regular Season - 157 pounds 

• 16-5 overall record (9-3 dual record)
• Bonus Points: Three pins, three technical falls, four major decisions
• Won 157B title at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic (Nov. 10) with 3-0 record
• Finished seventh at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 7)
• All five of his regular season losses were to ranked opponents by a cumulative seven points
• Ended regular season having won six of his last nine matches 
• Scored an upset victory over No. 2 seed Kaleb Young (Iowa) in the Big Ten Championship quarterfinals

2018-19 (Redshirt) 
Regular – 157 pounds

• 22-3 overall record
• 13 bonus point victories (three pins, five tech. falls and five major decisions)
• Tied for third place at the Daktronics Open (Nov. 4), going 4-1 with three bonus-point victories
• DNP at the Grand View Open (Nov. 10)
• First place finish at the UNK Holiday Inn Open (Nov. 17)
• Won three of four matches at UNK Holiday Inn Open by bonus points
• First place finish at Doane Open (Dec. 8) with a 6-0 record
• First place finish at Hastings Cusatis Open (Jan. 5) with a 5-0 record

Before Nebraska

• Wrestled at Owatonna High School in Owatonna, Minnesota, for Coach Adam Woitalla
• Was his school’s first three-time state champion and racked up a combined 155-6 record in high school
• Capped his prep career with an undefeated 48-0 season and the MSHSL Class AAA title at 160 pounds as a senior in 2018
• Won the Class AAA title at 120 pounds after going 29-3 as a sophomore in 2016
• Won his first state title as a freshman in 2015, as he went 42-2 and won the Class AAA title at 106 pounds
• Finished second at state as a junior in 2017 as he went 36-1 at 145 pounds
• Was the second-ranked 160-pounder and the No. 26 pound-for-pound wrestler in the Class of 2018 according to InterMat
• Was FloWrestling’s seventh-ranked wrestler at 160 pounds in the Class of 2018.
• Finished third at 69 kg at the 2017 UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals, and third at 160 pounds at the 2017 USMC/USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, N.D.
• Took third at 69 kg at the 2017 UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals
• Was the 2017 Minnesota junior state freestyle and Greco-Roman champion in 2017 at 160 pounds
• Won both the Greco-Roman and freestyle brackets at 69 kg at the 2017 Pan-American Championships
• Finished fifth at both the 2016 USAW Cadet Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals at 126 pounds
• Was the runner-up at 113 pounds at the 2015 USAW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals

Personal

• Born: Jan. 29, 2000
• Parents: Tracey and Carrie Robb
• Sister: Hannah; Brothers: Cael, Kade and Gabe
• Major: Nutrition and Health Sciences

Career Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Pins	TF	MD	NCAA	Big Ten
2018-19*	22-3	0-0	4	8	5	--	--
2019-20	20-6	9-3	3	3	4	--	3rd (4-1)
2020-21	11-7	5-3	1	0	2	DNP (2-2)	4th (3-2)
2021-22	19-10	5-4	4	0	1	4th (6-2)	5th (3-2)
2022-23	28-4	14-0	2	8	5	6th (3-3)	2nd (2-1)
2023-24	25-8	6-5	2	9	3	7th (4-2)	3rd (5-1)
Career	102-35	39-15	12	22	15	15-9	17-7

*Redshirt season does not count in career totals