Peyton Robb battling rare infection after NCAA Wrestling Tournament

Nebraska wrestling star Peyton Robb battled a rare infection after the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Tournament. A GiveSendGo fundraiser began for Robb and his family with a goal of $25,000.

As of Saturday, the fundraiser reached over $83,000. After a few surgeries, Robb is scheduled to have one more for necrotizing fasciitis, an extremely rare infection that sees a couple hundred cases in the United States per year. 

Robb has been in the hospital since the NCAA Tournament.

“This is an extremely rare situation, and after his 3rd surgery in as many days, the hospital was having trouble managing his pain,” the fundraiser statement read. “He was in excruciating pain with two gaping incisions on each side of his shin bone. He was transferred to another hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska that has a specialized burn unit. He was admitted and things started looking up. The pain was managed but he was still facing further surgeries, although now they were every other day. 

“As the doctors cut more of the dead tissue out of his leg, his blood markers began to improve and he started winning the fight against this infection. He regained his appetite and he’s smiling again! He’s not out of the woods yet, but the doctors believe they have a handle on his situation and each new day is starting to look up.”

Over the two weeks in the hospital, Robb had plenty of support by his side.

“Peyton has a great attitude and has been a warrior through all of this,” the statement read. “His parents have been in town (and at the hospital) with him daily for the past 2 weeks and Taylor has been a huge support for him as well. His Husker teammates and coaches have been in to visit and support him, as well as his athletic trainer (Tyler Weeda) who has been almost living at the hospital with him through this time.”

Robb finished the season with a 28-4 record and finished 6th at 157 pounds at the NCAA Tournament. Due to the infection, Robb had to medically default to that place after making the semifinals.

He lost to Penn State’s Levi Haines 5-3 and then North Dakota State’s Jared Franek in the consolation bracket in sudden victory to fall to the fifth-sixth match.

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Robb is 78-27 in his career and was an All-American the last two seasons.