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James Lynch

DT · CHI

27 yrs

Baylor

Description

Position: DT
Team: CHI
Status: ACT
Born: 1999-01-20
Age: 27
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 295 lb
College: Baylor
Draft: 2020 · R4 · Pick 24 · MIN
Rookie yr: 2020

Contract

ACTIVE

APY: $1.3M/yr
Total: $1.3M
Guaranteed: $100K
% of cap: 0.4%
Term: 2026–2027 (1y)

Career Résumé

5 seasons

Seasons	5 2020–2025
Games	52
Tackles	90
Sacks	3.5
TFL	7
INT	0

2026 Projection

Stat	Floor	Median	Ceiling	vs ’25	Δ
Forced Fumbles	0.00	0.21	2.23	0.00	+0.21
QB Hits	0.24	3.30	7.35	3.00	+0.30
Sacks	0.05	1.50	3.89	0.50	+1.00
Solo Tackles	10.7	14.8	25.0	12.0	+2.81
Tackles for Loss	0.00	3.44	4.84	1.00	+2.44

Floor · Median · Ceiling · assumes a full 17-game season

Year	Tm	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	Sk	QBH	TFL	PD
2025	TEN	16	12	11	23	0.5	3	1	1
2024	TEN	9	4	13	17	1.0	2	2	2
2022	MIN	13	11	9	20	0.0	0	1	0
2021	MIN	11	15	12	27	1.0	1	2	0
2020	MIN	3	2	1	3	1.0	1	1	0

College

Year	School	G	Car	Ru Yds	Ru TD	Rec	Rc Yds	Rc TD
2019	Baylor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	Baylor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	Baylor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career Milestones

league finishes · all-time rank

Stat	Career	All-Time	Led	Top 5	Top 10
Sacks	3.5	1189th	—	—	—
Solo Tkl	44	2011th	—	—	—

League finishes among qualifying seasons (≥6 GP) · all-time rank since 1999

Stat Profile

2025 · vs 469 peers

Sk/g

0.028

QBH/g

0.241

TFL/g

0.119

FF/g

066

Solo/g

0.825

PlayerMedian (50th)

Postseason

team record · since 1999

Round	W	L
Playoffs	0	1
Conf. Championship	0	0
Super Bowl	0	0

NextGen Stats

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Career Highs

regular season

Stat	Game	When	Season
Tackles	5	2022 Wk10 vs BUF	27'21
Sacks	1	2020 Wk5 vs SEA	1'20
TFL	1	2020 Wk5 vs SEA	2'21
INT	0	2020 Wk5 vs SEA	0'20

Athletic Profile

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Aging Curve

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Comparable Players

2025 · stat-profile similarity

Rayuan LaneJAX22y
12 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
97%
vs
Joshua FarmerNE23y
6 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
David OjaboMIA26y
7 solo · 0.5 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
LaBryan RayCAR28y
7 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
Percy ButlerWAS26y
8 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
Nick BelloreWAS37y
6 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
Art GreenNYG26y
6 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs
C.J. GoodwinDAL36y
10 solo · 0.0 sk · 0 INT
96%
vs

Year over Year

season trajectory

Yr	Tm	Tackles	Sacks	TFL
20	MIN	3	1.0	1
21	MIN	27▲	1.0	2▲
22	MIN	20▼	0.0▼	1▼
24	TEN	17▼	1.0▲	2▲
25	TEN	23▲	0.5▼	1▼

Game Trend

2025 · Tackles

WinLossTackles per game

Season Timeline

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Vs Defense Quality

2025 · per game

Faced	G	Tackles	Sacks	TFL
Top-10 D	9	1.8	0.1	0.1
Middle	6	1	0	0
Bottom-10 D	1	1	0	0

defense rank by EPA/play allowed

Consistency

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