Baylor

Athletic, physical defender with pass rushing skills ... Consensus All-American ... 2019 First Team All-American (Football Writers Association, Walter Camp Football Foundation, ESPN, AP, Sporting News, AFCA, The Athletic) ... 2019 Second Team All-American (Sports Illustrated) ... 2019 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches, AP, Waco Tribune) ... 2019 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Coaches) ... 2019 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP, Waco Tribune) ...  2019 Texas College Player of the Year (DCTF) ... 2019 Postseason All-Texas Team (DCTF) ... Hendricks Award Finalist ... 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 first team (Athlon, Lindy’s, Phil Steele, Media) ... 2019 DCTF All-Texas College first team ... Named to the watch lists for the Bednarik Award and Outland Trophy ... Career totals of 33.5 TFL and 23.0 sacks lead the Baylor roster  ... 22.0 career sacks sets the new Baylor career mark for sacks (previously, 17.5, Shawn Oakman (2013-15) ... 13.5 sacks over the 2019 season are the most in school history ... 2018 All-Big 12 second team selection (coaches) ... 2018 AP All-Big 12 first team ... 2018 Waco Tribune-Herald All-Big 12 first team ... 2018 Academic All-Big 12 second team honoree ... 2017 ESPN Freshman All-American.

2019 (Junior): Consensus All-American ... 2019 First Team All-American (Football Writers Association, Walter Camp Football Foundation, ESPN, AP, Sporting News, AFCA, The Athletic) ... 2019 Second Team All-American (Sports Illustrated) ... 2019 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches, AP, Waco Tribune) ... 2019 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Coaches) ... 2019 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP, Waco Tribune) ...  2019 Texas College Player of the Year (DCTF) ... 2019 Postseason All-Texas Team (DCTF) ... Hendricks Award Finalist ... started all 14 games on the year at defensive end ...  led the team with a Baylor record 13.5 sacks on the year, finished with 19.5 TFL (third most in BU single-season history) and 41 total tackles, along with two blocked kicks, five pass defenses, three forced fumbles and 13 QB hurries ... led Big 12 and ranked fifth nationally with 13.5 sacks ... 19.5 TFL was second in the Big 12 and 7th in FBS ... in his 14th start of the year vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (1/1), tallied 1.0 sack, 1.0 TFL, 2 total tackles ... in his 13th start of the year vs. OU in the Big 12 title game (12/7), had 5 tackles (4 solo) and 3.0 TFL including 2.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble and 1 QB hurry, his 5th multi-sack performance of the season ... made his 12th start of the year at Kansas (11/30) and had 2 solo tackles ... against Texas (11/23) finished with 2 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1 QB hurry, 1 pass breakup and his 2.0 sacks pushed him over the top and he now is the new Baylor record holder in career sacks with 19.0, giving him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors (Nov. 25) ... collected 3 tackles, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery, his second of the year, also had 2 QB hurries and 1 pass breakup vs. Oklahoma (11/16) ... had a season-high 6 tackles (1 solo) along with 1.5 TFL, 1 pass breakup and 2 QB hurries at TCU (11/9) ... collected 2 tackles and 1 QB hurry vs. WVU (10/31) ... tallied 2 tackles and blocked an extra point at OSU (10/19) ... followed up his 3.0 sack performance at K-State with a 2.5 sack day vs. Texas Tech (10/12), also had 3.0 TFL, 4 total tackles, 1 QB hurry and 1 pass breakup ... had a career day at K-State (10/5), tallied a career-best 3.0 sacks, 4.0 TFL, 5 total tackles and his first-career forced fumble that was recovered by the Bears, his 3.0 sacks is a new Baylor record for sacks in a Big 12 contest  and the Bears tied their Big 12 record with 6.0 sacks in a conference game, earned Chuck Bednarik Award National Player of the Week honors ... collected 2 tackles, 1.0 TFL, recovered his first fumble since 2017 to secure the Bears’ victory over Iowa State (9/28), also blocked an ISU field goal attempt, his first of the season and second of his career ... had a career-high 2.0 sacks for 15 yards along with 2 tackles (2 solo) at Rice (9/21) ... collected 2 QB hurries and 2 tackles in a victory over UTSA (9/7) ... in the season opener had his first sack of the season for six yards, tied career-best with 2 QB hurries, finished with 2 tackles (one solo) and 1.5 TFL vs. SFA (8/31).

2018 (Sophomore): 2018 All-Big 12 first team selection (AP, Tribune-Herald) ... 2018 All-Big 12 second team selection (coaches) ... 2018 Academic All-Big 12 second team honoree ... Started all 13 games on the season, leading the team with sacks (5.5) and TFL (9.0) ... Ranked 9th in the Big 12 with 5.5 sacks, an average of 0.42 sacks per game is also good for 9th-best... Ranked 17th in the Big 12 with 9.0 TFL ... Did not record a stats vs. Vanderbilt in the Texas Bowl (12/27) ... Finished with 4 tackles (3 solo) vs. Texas Tech (11/24) ...  Had 1 tackle and a half TFL vs. TCU (11/17) ... Finished with 4 tackles at Iowa State (11/10) ... Against OSU (11/3), had 5 tackles (2 solo), with a half sack for 4 yards, half TFL ... Had 3 tackles, with 1 TFL and 1 sack, along with his first-career blocked field goal attempt at West Virginia (10/25) ... Had 3 tackles (1 solo) and was credited with 1 QBH at Texas (10/13) ... Had 5 tackles (3 solo) with 2.0 TFL for 10 yards, including 1.0 sack for 8  yards vs. K-State (10/6) ... Finished third on the team with 5 tackles (3 solo) and 1 QBH at Oklahoma (9/29) ... Had 2 tackles (both solo) with 1.0 TFL, a team-leading third sack of the season vs. Kansas (9/22) ... Made 2 tackles (1 solo), half a TFL and 2 QB hurries and 1 pass breakup vs. Duke (9/15) ... Had 4 tackles (2 solo) with 2.5 TFL at UTSA (9/8) ...  ... Made first-career start vs. ACU (9/1), had 1 sack for 2 yards, 2 tackles (both solo) and collected first-career QBH vs. ACU (9/1) ... 2018 Big 12 All-Academic second team honoree.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 11 games as second-string defensive tackle ... Made 20 tackles, five TFLs, three sacks and recovered one fumble on season ... Led all Big 12 freshmen with 3.0 sacks ... Set career highs with seven tackles and five solo stops at No. 10 TCU while adding one TFL ... Tied career high with three tackles vs. Iowa State ... Posted two tackles and one sack vs. Texas Tech ... Had one tackle and first career fumble recovery at Kansas ... Tallied career-high three tackles and two TFLs with one sack vs. Texas ... Made then-career-high two tackles and first career sack vs. West Virginia ... Had one tackle at Oklahoma State ... Played at Duke, vs. Oklahoma and at Kansas State but did not record any stats ... Made Baylor debut vs. UTSA, had one tackle ... Did not play vs. Liberty.

High School: Three-time all-district defensive lineman at Round Rock (Texas) High School ... Played under Jeff Cheatham at RRHS ... Rated nation's 31st-best DT prospect in 2017 recruiting class by 247Sports, ranked No. 47 by ESPN and No. 47 by Scout ... Top 100 Texas recruit: ranked No. 50 by 247Sports, No. 77 (sixth among DTs) by Scout and No. 83 by ESPN ... Two-time district defensive lineman of year ... Named 2016 District 13-6A Defensive Lineman of Year following senior season for 10-4 RRHS squad that reached DI regional finals ... Named to 2016 Subway Super Team by Dave Campbell Texas Football ... Totaled 46 tackles, 14 TFL, eight sacks, three PBUs, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble ... Also named first-team 2016 All-District 13-6A ... As junior, named 2015 District 13-6A Defensive Lineman of Year and second-team All-Central Texas (by Associated Press) ... Made 41 tackles, 24 QB pressures and six sacks for 8-3 Round Rock ... Earned 2014 All-District 13-6A second-team honors as sophomore on 10-2 RRHS squad ... Academic All-District honoree.

Personal: Son of Tim and Sherri Lynch ... Pre-business major.