#41

DeShawn Lynch

Senior defensive lineman for Washington. 2025: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

DL · Washington · Sr. · #41

6′5″ · 300 lb · Folsom, CA

CFB Index 50 · #208 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Washington for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Passes defended: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

3.5 TFL · 19 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Boise State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Washington. 2025: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Folsom in 2020.
Transferred from Sacramento State to Washington in 2024.

His career, year by year

DeShawn Lynch

DL · Washington · Sr · #41

Wins his gap play after play. DeShawn Lynch arrived at Washington from Sacramento State. The receipt: 3 tackles against UCLA — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jedd Fisch — 15-11 over that span.

2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #208 of 420?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles (29th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.5
Road4g	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #208 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #208 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #34 of 69 Big Ten DLs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Washington	19	13	3.5	1.0	7	1	--
2024	Washington	22	8	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		41	21	6.5	2.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 42–25

vs Illinois

2 TOT

With D. Williams Jr. — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.5 · 66 rush yds (10 car) · D. Boston — 12 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 5	L 6-24vs Ohio State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-20@ Maryland	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 38-19vs Rutgers	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 8	L 7-24@ Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-25vs Illinois	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-13@ Wisconsin	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 49-13vs Purdue	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 48-14@ UCLA	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 14-26vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 38-10vs Boise State	2	1	0.5	0.0	1	0
Total		19	13	3.5	1.0	1	7

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

19Tackles

13Solo

3.5TFL

1Sacks

7Pass def.

1INT

19 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 62 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 111 PD
Week 121 sack · 2 PD
Week 131 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Washington

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Washington

Returning around him

7 Washington players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #13

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trevon Mason’s 2021 season.

Trevon Mason

89%match

Arizona · 2021

Rene Konga

Louisville · 2025

All-ACC

87%

Myles Murphy

North Carolina · 2023

85%

Braden Fiske

Western Michigan · 2021

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 7

83%

John Tate IV

Memphis · 2021

All-AAC

82%

Matches Trevon on

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Horsley's junior season at Boston College (2022).

Cameron Horsley

85%match

Boston College · 2022

Logan Lee

Iowa · 2022

NFL Rd 6

84%

Nathan Pickering

Mississippi State · 2022

83%

Rayshaun Benny

Michigan · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 7

80%

Christian Mejia

Washington State · 2022

80%

Matches Cameron on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Weight

Player DNA

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Rene Konga

Louisville · 2025

87%

Devonte Tezino

Baylor · 2025

86%

Dillan Fontus

Maryland · 2025

82%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

202410 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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