Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17vs Holy Cross | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-42@ Toledo | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
#5
Justin Lynch
Senior wide receiver on Northern Illinois's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Chicago, IL
Returning to Northern Illinois for 2026
Recruiting
3★
QB recruit
No. 1491 nationally · Signed with Temple
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver on Northern Illinois's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2021.
Justin Lynch
Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Rod Carey and Thomas Hammock.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
202111 games
- Signed with Temple3-star out of Mount Carmel
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021–2025
Northern Illinois
Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Temple3-9HC: Rod Carey · Balanced, slow tempo
2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (23rd percentile).
Box-score rates
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Temple | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 18 | 81 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 88 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 64 | 280 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Temple | 75 | 295 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 173 | 746 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 19–17
vs Holy Cross
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With D. Vuckovic — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG · D. Reynolds — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
- 44% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -15 net (7 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology