Kevin Packer
David Taylor, nicknamed the Magic Man, is an American freestyle wrestler who currently resides and trains in State College, Pennsylvania. Taylor was crowned the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Champion at 86 kg after defeating Iran's Yazdani in the finals. Other career accolades include 2018 World Champion in Budapest, 2021 World Silver medalist in Oslo, three-time Pan-American Champion, Ivan Yarygin Champion, two-time NCAA champion at Penn State, two-time Dan Hodge award winner, and four-time Ohio State Champion. At Penn State, Taylor won four Big 10 titles from 2011-14, with his first at 157 and the other three at 165. He reached the finals of NCAA's four times as well, but only won in his sophomore and senior seasons.
| DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/05 | L | DEC 14-7 | E. Fernandez | Sublime Wrestling Academy | Madison Tournament (Greco) | Round 4 | 67/82 | |
| 04/05 | W | TF 8-0 0:17 | J. Snell | Pinedale Pummelers Wrestling Club | Madison Tournament (Greco) | Round 5 | 67/82 | |
| 04/05 | W | FOR 0-0 | J. Aston | Bonneville Wrestling Club | Madison Tournament (Greco) | Round 3 | 67/82 | |
| 04/05 | W | TF 8-0 0:54 | L. Willden | 208 Badgers Wrestling Club | Madison Tournament (Greco) | Round 2 | 67/82 | |
| 04/05 | W | TF 10-0 0:21 | J. Snell | Pinedale Pummelers Wrestling Club | Madison Tournament (Freestyle) | Round 3 | 67/82 | |
| 04/05 | W | TF 12-2 1:11 | L. Willden | 208 Badgers Wrestling Club | Madison Tournament (Freestyle) | Round 1 | 67/82 | |
| 02/15 | L | DEC 9-6 | G. Estrada | Fighting Squirrels Wrestling Club | Rumble in the South (Tour of Idaho) 2025 | Cons. Round 2 | 85 | |
| 02/15 | W | FOR 0-0 | A. Eifert | Michigan | Rumble in the South (Tour of Idaho) 2025 | Cons. Round 1 | 85 | |
| 02/15 | L | F 3-0 0:44 | G. Martinez | Bear Lake Wrestling Club | Rumble in the South (Tour of Idaho) 2025 | Champ. Round 1 | 85 | |
| 01/25 | L | TF 15-0 2:05 | B. Waldo | Inland Northwest | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 1 | 77 | |
| 01/25 | L | F 0-0 0:12 | C. Montenegro | Homedale | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 2 | 77 | |
| 01/25 | W | F 3-0 0:51 | K. Thomsen | Fighting Squirrels | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 1 | 77 | |
| 01/25 | L | F 12-0 2:22 | C. Lantz | Middleton Wrestling Club | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 2 | 77 | |
| 01/25 | L | F 10-0 2:56 | A. Tabakece | Sublime Academy | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 3 | 77 | |
| 01/25 | L | F 3-0 0:50 | Z. Keys | Team Aggression Red | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 3 | 77 | |
| 11/02 | L | F 12-6 2:31 | J. Aston | Bonneville Wrestling Club | Pocatello Grapplers Fall Festival | 3rd Place Match | 82/86 | |
| 11/02 | W | MD 13-4 | R. Merrill | Warriors Wrestling Club | Pocatello Grapplers Fall Festival | Round 5 | 82/86 | |
| 11/02 | W | F 3-0 0:33 | X. Conover | Sublime Wrestling Academy | Pocatello Grapplers Fall Festival | Round 4 | 82/86 | |
| 11/02 | L | DEC 8-5 | J. Loock | Raft River Wrestling | Pocatello Grapplers Fall Festival | Round 2 | 82/86 | |
| 11/02 | W | F 3-0 0:57 | F. Forfeit | Madison club wrestling | Pocatello Grapplers Fall Festival | Round 1 | 82/86 |
| DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/10 | L | F 2-0 0:27 | C. Cobb | Homedale | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships 2024 | Cons. Round 3 | 75 | |
| 02/10 | W | DEC 8-6 | J. Bugher | Homedale | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships 2024 | Cons. Round 2 | 75 | |
| 02/10 | L | F 4-3 1:18 | C. Bail | Middleton Wrestling Club | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships 2024 | Quarterfinal | 75 | |
| 02/10 | W | MD 12-0 | A. Cox | St. Maries Wrestling Club | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships 2024 | Champ. Round 1 | 75 | |
| 01/27 | L | F 5-0 1:27 | B. Hughes | Middleton Wrestling Club | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | Cons. Semi | 71 | |
| 01/27 | L | F 10-2 1:53 | B. Hughes | Middleton Wrestling Club | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | Round 2 | 71 | |
| 01/27 | W | F 2-2 0:38 | C. Agidius | Big Cat Wrestling | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | Round 1 | 71 | |
| 01/27 | W | DEC 4-1 | G. Harris | Team Renegade | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | Quarterfinal | 71 | |
| 01/27 | W | F 2-0 0:17 | J. Grimm | Grangeville Youth Wrestling | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | Round 3 | 71 | |
| 01/27 | W | TF 15-0 1:58 | J. Grimm | Grangeville Youth Wrestling | Legacy Duals - Elementary Division | 7th Place Match | 71 | |
| 11/28 | W | F 2-0 0:10 | A. Pitt | Hillcrest Wrestling Club | East Idaho Regional Fall Finale | Round 3 | 70 | |
| 11/28 | L | F 7-1 1:51 | K. Jensen | Idaho Falls Wrestling Club | East Idaho Regional Fall Finale | Round 2 | 70 | |
| 11/28 | W | F 13-0 2:08 | B. Briggs | Rigby Rebels Wrestling | East Idaho Regional Fall Finale | Round 1 | 70 | |
| 11/04 | W | F 10-0 1:06 | C. Balmforth | Shelley Mat Club | East Idaho Elite Kids Festival | Round 3 | 69-73 | |
| 11/04 | W | F 15-2 2:17 | R. Merrill | Rigby Rebels Wrestling Club | East Idaho Elite Kids Festival | Round 2 | 69-73 | |
| 11/04 | W | F 5-0 0:19 | A. Pitt | Hillcrest Squires | East Idaho Elite Kids Festival | Round 1 | 69-73 | |
| 10/21 | L | F 7-2 1:27 | A. Garcia | Suples Wrestling Club | Western States Preseason Championships | 5th Place Match | 72 | |
| 10/21 | L | F 7-4 2:55 | C. Armstrong | Sublime | Western States Preseason Championships | Cons. Semi | 72 | |
| 10/21 | W | F 2-0 1:00 | R. Turner | Stallions Wrestling | Western States Preseason Championships | Cons. Round 1 | 72 | |
| 10/21 | L | DEC 4-1 | Q. Mulliner | Pahranagat Valley | Western States Preseason Championships | Quarterfinal | 72 |
| DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/11 | L | F 2-15 3:39 | L. Nelson | Hawk Wrestling Club | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships | Cons. Round 2 | 66 | |
| 02/11 | L | F 7-2 1:56 | C. Bail | Middleton Wrestling Club | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships | Quarterfinal | 66 | |
| 02/11 | W | F 4-1 1:42 | K. Krumm | Bonneville Wrestling Club | Idaho Folkstyle State Championships | Champ. Round 1 | 66 | |
| 02/04 | L | MD 10-0 | A. Trout | Wasatch Wrestling Club | Folkstyle Festival `Tour of Idaho` AF | Round 5 | 62-66 | |
| 02/04 | W | F 2-0 0:14 | Q. James | Team sublime | Folkstyle Festival `Tour of Idaho` AF | Round 4 | 62-66 | |
| 02/04 | L | F 2-0 1:00 | A. Tabakece | Team sublime | Folkstyle Festival `Tour of Idaho` AF | Round 3 | 62-66 | |
| 02/04 | W | MD 10-0 | M. Skousen | Ririe Youth Wrestling Club | Folkstyle Festival `Tour of Idaho` AF | Round 2 | 62-66 | |
| 02/04 | W | DEC 9-7 | B. Hernandez | Team sublime | Folkstyle Festival `Tour of Idaho` AF | Round 1 | 62-66 | |
| 11/19 | L | F 10-0 1:53 | C. Ansell | Mat Demon Wrestling Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | 5th Place Match | 63 | |
| 11/19 | L | MD 12-3 | J. Banderas | Warriors Of Christ WOC | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Cons. Semi | 63 | |
| 11/19 | L | F 2-1 1:17 | L. Butterfield | Inland Northwest Wrestling Training Center | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Semifinal | 63 | |
| 11/19 | W | DEC 5-3 | T. Wilson | Salem Elite Mat Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Quarterfinal | 63 | |
| 11/19 | W | F 2-0 0:19 | J. Young | Cabinet Mountain Elite Wrestling Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Champ. Round 2 | 63 |
| DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31 | L | F 4-3 2:12 | K. Robinson | Utah Black | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | 11th Place Match | 54 | |
| 12/31 | L | F 10-0 2:09 | B. Serrano | Stout | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Cons. Round 1 | 54 | |
| 12/31 | L | F 2-0 0:12 | R. Johnson | Oregon | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Cons. Round 2 | 54 | |
| 12/31 | L | F 0-0 0:11 | A. Anderson | Bear Cave | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Champ. Round 1 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | L | F 2-2 0:54 | D. Lindell | All In Wrestling Academy | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 7 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | L | F 2-0 0:26 | K. Robinson | Westlake WC | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 4 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | W | F 2-0 0:09 | R. Perez | Legacy Wrestling Academy | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 6 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | W | MD 16-7 | K. Green | Team Champs | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 2 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | L | F 2-0 0:11 | E. Carlson | Sanderson Wrestling Academy | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 3 | 54 | |
| 11/12 | W | MD 15-2 | X. Zollinger | East Idaho Elite | Upper Valley Aces Duals | Round 5 | 54 |
| DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/17 | L | F 0-0 0:12 | C. Forbes | Nebraska White | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Round 1 (6 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | L | F 2-0 0:14 | D. Diaz | Minnesota Storm | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Round 5 (6 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | L | F 4-8 2:36 | C. Mixon | Kansas Crusaders | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Round 2 (6 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | L | F 2-0 0:59 | K. Hughes | Nebraska Black | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Semis & 1st Wrestleback (8 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | L | F 2-0 0:23 | T. Swanson | Minnesota Thunder | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Quarterfinals (8 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | L | F 2-0 0:29 | M. Waters | Kansas Gladiators | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Finals (8 Team) | 50 | |
| 04/17 | W | MD 14-4 | C. Sobotka | South Dakota Red | Heartland National Duals - Elementary | Round 3 (6 Team) | 50 | |
| 01/01 | L | F 2-0 0:45 | K. Wright | Washington | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | 5th Place Match | 49 | |
| 01/01 | L | F 2-0 0:20 | B. Serrano | Stout Wrestling | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Quarterfinal | 49 | |
| 01/01 | W | TF 17-2 3:31 | S. Sweat | Team Montana | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Champ. Round 1 | 49 | |
| 01/01 | L | F 2-0 0:08 | X. Ceh | Bear Cave | Christmas Clash Elementary Duals | Cons. Round 2 | 49 | |
| 11/13 | L | F 15-5 3:21 | B. Henebry | Legacy Wrestling Academy | 2020 Upper Valley Aces Elementary Duals | Round 3 | 49 | |
| 11/13 | L | F 4-2 0:46 | L. Schwartz | Team Real Life | 2020 Upper Valley Aces Elementary Duals | Round 1 | 49 | |
| 11/13 | L | TF 18-3 1:55 | K. Linnell | Team Utah | 2020 Upper Valley Aces Elementary Duals | Round 6 | 49 |