Blake Lynch: LB · Baylor · #2.
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Blake Lynch
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches at Baylor: Jim Grobe and Matt Rhule. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1.5 sacks against TCU — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-14vs UTSA | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-13@ Rice | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21vs Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-12@ Kansas State | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-30vs Texas Tech | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-27@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-14vs West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-23@ TCU | 11 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34vs No. 10 Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-10vs Texas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 61-6@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 23-30vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-26vs No. 5 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 44 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%10 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups68 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
46.9%
444 pass / 502 run
Plays / game
67.6
14 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
499 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Baylor, 127 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Matt Rhule. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
