Antrell Taylor Season 2024-25

Honors & Awards

• 2025 NCAA Champion (157)
• NCAA All-American (2024, 2025)
• NCAA Qualifier (2024)
• 2023 Pan-American Champion (70 kg)
• Nebraska's Redshirt of the Year (2022-23)
• Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (Dec. 12, 2024)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2023)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025)

2024-25 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships – 1st (5-0) – 157 pounds

• First Round: No. 3 Taylor tech. fall No. 30 James Conway (MIZZ) 19-4 (5:55)
• Second Round: No. 3 Taylor pinned No. 14 Jude Swisher (PENN) (2:16)
• Quarterfinals: No. 3 Taylor dec. No. 11 Matty Bianchi (UALR) 4-3
• Semifinals: No. 3 Taylor dec. No. 2 Meyer Shapiro (COR) 7-2
• Final: No. 3 Taylor dec. No. 8 Joey Blaze (PUR) 4-2

Big Ten Championships – 4th (3-2) – 157 pounds

• First Round: No. 4 Taylor tech. fall Braden Stauffenberg (MSU) 17-2 (2:50)
• Quarterfinals: No. 4 Taylor dec. No. 7 Joey Blaze (PUR) 4-3
• Semifinals: No. 1 Tyler Kasak (PSU) pinned No. 4 Taylor (1:18)
• Cons. Semifinals: No. 4 Taylor pinned No. 5 Ethen Miller (MD) (7:46)
• Third-Place Match: No. 7 Joey Blaze (PUR) dec. No. 4 Taylor TB-1 3-2

Regular Season - 157 pounds

• 19-2 record (10-2 dual record)
• Bonus points: Four pins, five technical falls, one major decision
• Placed first at Navy Classic and Cliff Keen

2023-24 (Redshirt Freshman)
NCAA Championships – 8th (3-3) – 165 pounds

• First Round: No. 8 Taylor major dec. No. 25 Holden Heller (PITT) 11-0
• Second Round: No. 8 Taylor dec. No. 9 Peyton Hall (WVU) 11-9
• Quarterfinals: No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (MIZZ) pinned No. 8 Taylor (4:06)
• Round of 12: No. 8 Taylor dec. No. 14 Giano Petrucelli (AF) 11-6
• Cons. Quarters: No. 7 Izzak Olejnik (OKST) dec. No. 8 Taylor 2-0
• Seventh-Place Match: No. 9 Peyton Hall (WVU) dec. No. 8 Taylor 2-1 

Big Ten Championship – 5th (3-2) – 165 pounds

• First Round: No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB) dec. No. 12 Maxx Mayfield (NU) 7-2
• Quarterfinals: No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB) dec. No. 4 Caleb Fish (MSU) 8-5 SV-1
• Semifinals: No. 1 Dean Hamiti (WIS) pinned No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB) (1:04)
• Cons. Semifinals: No. 6 Cameron Amine (MICH) dec. No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB) 3-2 TB-2
• Fifth-Place Match: No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB) dec. No. 11 Chris Moore (ILL) 4-1

Regular Season - 165 pounds

• 23-10 record (11-3 dual record)
• Bonus points: one pin, two technical falls, five major decisions 
• Placed first at the Navy Classic 

2022-23 (Redshirt)
Regular Season – 157 pounds

• 5-3 record overall (0-1 dual record)
• Bonus Points: one technical fall, one major decision 
• Placed fourth at the Navy Classic

Before Nebraska
• Wrestled at Millard South High School under Head Coach Nate Olson
• Three-time Nebraska Class A state champion
• Former teammate of former Husker Tyler Antoniak who were both apart of Millard South's first four-time Class A team championships 

Personal
• Born March 5, 2004

Career Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Pins	TF	MD	NCAA	Big Ten
2022-23*	5-3	0-1	0/2	1	0	--	--
2023-24	23-10	11-3	1/2	2	5	8th (3-3)	5th (3-2)
2024-25	27-4	10-2	6/1	7	1	1st (5-0)	4th (3-2)
Career	50-14	21-5	7/3	9	6	8-3	6-4

*Redshirt season does not count in career totals.