James Lynch stats

Bears

Defensive Tackle · #97

Age 27 · 6' 4" · 295 lbs

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James Lynch recorded 18 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Chicago Bears. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
18
SOLO
6
AST
12
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
2
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020MIN93211.0000
2021MIN133018121.0000
2022MIN15201190.0000
2024TEN17206141.0020
2025TEN172514110.5010
2026CHI7186120.0120

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
78
TOT
116
SOLO
57
AST
59
SACK
3.5
INT
1
PD
5
FF
0

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
1
SOLO
0
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
2.6
SOLO
0.9
AST
1.7
SACK
0.0
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020MIN90.30.20.10.10.00.00
2021MIN132.31.40.90.10.00.00
2022MIN151.30.70.60.00.00.00
2024TEN171.20.40.80.10.00.10
2025TEN171.50.80.60.00.00.10
2026CHI72.60.91.70.00.10.30

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
78
TOT
1.5
SOLO
0.7
AST
0.8
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Bio

Age
27 yearsJan 20, 1999
Height
6' 4"
Weight
295 lbs
Experience
7 yearsDebut 2020
Birthplace
Round Rock, TX
Draft
2020Rd 4, Pk 130
College
Baylor
Salary
$1.22 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 115 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Tackles18

    Higher than 62% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 82% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Solo Tackles6

    Higher than 39% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

James Lynch

Nov 02 · @ SEA · W 34-17

TOT
2
SOLO
1
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
1

Snap counts, 2026

49% of his club's defensive snaps a game (195 in 7 games); 48% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CAR2232%1
2MIN2854%3
3PHI1836%0
5GB2744%0
6ATL3767%0
7NE3361%0
8SEA3048%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2020 NFL combine

DL, 6'4", 289 lb · Baylor

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.01s36th
Vertical jump29"23rd
Broad jump9' 3"46th
Bench press (225 lb)23 reps30th
3-cone drill7.39s59th
20-yard shuttle4.39s72nd

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2020 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs TBSun, Nov 08

vs TB since 2020

1
GP
1
TOT
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Mon, Nov 02atSEAW 34-172101
Thu, Oct 22vsNEW 30-241000
Sun, Oct 18atATLW 31-230000
Sun, Oct 11atGBL 31-74100
Mon, Sep 28vsPHIW 27-71000
Sun, Sep 20vsMINL 9-37200

What are James Lynch's career stats?

James Lynch has played 6 seasons for the Vikings, the Titans and the Bears. He has recorded 116 tackles, 3.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2021: 30 tackles and 1.0 sack.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 5 @ SF on Nov 28, 2021, L 34-26
  • Sacks: 1 @ SEA on Oct 11, 2020, L 27-26
James Lynch's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20263—
202530.5
202441.0
20225—
202151.0
202011.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2020.

James Lynch college stats

James Lynch played 3 seasons at Baylor Bears (2017 to 2019): 101 tackles, 22 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

James Lynch's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2017Baylor Bears20155030000
2018Baylor Bears40241625.50000
2019Baylor Bears412318513.53000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: James Lynch's college game log.

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Playoff games

James Lynch played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

James Lynch's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2022NYGL 31-2410.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.