David Gleason

David Gleason Season 2025-26

Weight157 lbs
YearFreshman
HometownKansas City, Mo.
YEAR WEIGHT OVERALL RECORD DI RECORD DUAL RECORD FALLS TECH FALLS MAJOR DECISIONS CONF FINISH NCAA FINISH
2025-26* 157 8-5 8-5 0-0 2 1 0 N/A N/A
CAREER 8-5 8-5 0-0 2 1 0

*Redshirt season // Freshmen can count up to five attached dates

Career Stats | Mizzou Marketplace

REDSHIRT SEASON (2025-26)

  • Missouri Valley Open Champion (157 pounds)
  • Finished off his redshirt campaign with a record of 8-5 in attached matches
  • Picked up three bonus point wins in attached matches, including two falls, one of which came in under a minute (0:40)
  • Secured four falls in unattached matches
  • Earned his first career win by an 8-5 decision over Oklahoma’s Landyn Sommer at the Tiger Style Invite
  • Was 3-2 at the Cougar Clash en route to a fifth-place finish
  • Finished seventh at Solder Salute (157), going 4-2 with wins over wrestlers from VMI, South Dakota State and Bellarmine
  • Placed second at the Cyclone Open (157) with a major decision and a fall on his way to the final, while wrestling unattached
  • Went 4-0 in contested matches at the Missouri Valley Open while wrestling unattached, with all four wins coming with bonus points

BEFORE MIZZOU

  • Ranked 111th on the 2025 MatScout Big Board and No. 4 in Missouri
  • Two-time Missouri State Champion for Staley High School 
  • 2025 Fargo Junior National Champion (157 pounds- freestyle), coached by his dad and Keegan O'Toole 
  • National Wrestling Hall of Fame - Missouri Chapter 2025 Male Athlete of the Year
  • Played a key role in leading the Falcons to a third-place finish at the 2025 4A Missouri State Championship
  • Finished as the runner-up at the 2023 KC Stampede and secured third place at the Dan Gable Donnybrook tournament, both at 144 pounds.
  • First place in both Greco and Freestyle at the 2023 16U MOUSA Boys Championships and finished second in Greco at Southern Plains. 
  • Member of the 2023 16U National Duals team.
  • Trained for 12 years under Bryan Elam, father of Mizzou All-Americans Rocky and Zach Elam.

Personal 

  • Full Name: David Monroe Gleason
  • Birthdate: July 5, 2007
  • Son of Hannah and DL Gleason
  • Brother of Hendrix and Olivia Gleason
  • Major: Undecided

Gleason on choosing Tiger Style
"I've looked up to Mizzou wrestlers my entire life. It's close to home and I loved the place when I visited there."

David Gleason

Redshirt Freshman
2026-27

- / 157 lbs