Player Dossier

2017-2019

Baylor

James Lynch

DT • 6'4" • 295 lbs • Round Rock, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

James Lynch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44 disruption score.

Usage / Role

83%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

James Lynch built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of James Lynch's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8639

Round Rock · Round Rock, TX

Committed To
Baylor
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 24
Overall
No. 130
NFL Team
Minnesota Vikings

James Lynch, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Baylor. James Lynch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
33.5
Sacks
22
QB hurries
19
Passes defended
7
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James Lynch college highlights at Baylor.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

James Lynch quick answers

Latest team and position
Baylor · DT
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Baylor
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Round Rock · Baylor
High school pipeline
Oaks Christian · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 4 · Pick 24 · Minnesota Vikings
Latest roster
No. 93 · Junior
2019 Tackles rank
41 tackles · DT 22nd (top 10%) · Big 12 65th (top 15%) · National 926th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor82053--032.1
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor113695.562059.7
2019 PostseasonBaylor14211--077.5
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor143918.512.5135077.5

Related Context

James Lynch played DT for Baylor. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Lynch recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Baylor paired 51 primary output with 44 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 44 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Baylor

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

3.6

Efficiency

44

Usage

13.2

Consistency

66.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 2. Stephen F. Austin: 4.5. UTSA: 2. Rice: 4. Iowa State: 3. Kansas State: 7. Texas Tech: 7.5. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 1. TCU: 4. Oklahoma: 3. Texas: 6. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 2 by 28.3. Stephen F. Austin: 2 by 53.3. UTSA: 2 by 28.3. Rice: 2 by 48.3. Iowa State: 2 by 38.3. Kansas State: 5 by 70.8. Texas Tech: 4 by 66.7. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 2 by 18.3. TCU: 6 by 65. Oklahoma: 3 by 42.5. Texas: 2 by 58.3. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma: 5 by 70.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.6 · Games = 11 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses3.7 · Games = 3 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Oklahoma

Result
Thu 1/2vs GeorgiaSplash gameL 14-2621110
Sat 12/7@ Oklahoma2+ sacks · Splash gameL 23-3054320
Sat 11/30@ KansasW 61-622100
Sat 11/23vs Texas2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-1022221
Sun 11/17vs OklahomaSplash gameL 31-3431001
Sat 11/9@ TCUSplash gameW 29-2361101
Fri 11/1vs West VirginiaW 17-1420000
Sat 10/19@ Oklahoma StateW 45-2721000
Sat 10/12vs Texas Tech2+ sacks · Splash gameW 33-304232.501
Sat 10/5@ Kansas State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-1253430
Sat 9/28vs Iowa StateSplash gameW 23-2122101
Sat 9/21@ Rice2+ sacks · Splash gameW 21-1322220
Sat 9/7vs UTSASplash gameW 63-1421000
Sat 8/31vs Stephen F. AustinSplash gameW 56-17211.5010

Player Story

James Lynch story

James Lynch built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 93, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of James Lynch's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 33.5 tackles for loss, 22 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives James Lynch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Baylor

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor820.47.1
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor22.534.113.214.5
2019 PostseasonBaylor514413.228.5
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor514413.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas Tech

Week 7 · W 33-30 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Kansas State

Week 6 · W 31-12 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

88 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 88 takeover score.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 2 · W 37-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma

Week 15 · L 23-30 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas

Week 9 · L 7-38 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Baylor

51 primary output · 44 efficiency · 13.2 usage

77.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Baylor

77.5

51 primary · 44 efficiency · 13.2 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Baylor

59.7

22.5 primary · 34.1 efficiency · 13.2 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

20

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games