Tamon Lynum

Senior defensive back for Pittsburgh. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 22 tackles.

DB · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 185 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 31 · #433 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Pittsburgh for 2026

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 22 tackles

Best game: 1 PBU, 3 tackles, vs NC State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Pittsburgh. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2020.
Transferred from Nebraska to Pittsburgh in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Tamon Lynum

DB · Pittsburgh · Sr · #8

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, Matt Rhule and Pat Narduzzi. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

2023Nebraska5-7HC: Matt Rhule · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #433 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

31 · #433 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #433 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #60 of 75 ACC DBs

How the All-ACC 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	Pittsburgh	22	12	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
2024	Pittsburgh	37	22	2.0	1.0	6	1	--
2023	Nebraska	12	10	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Nebraska	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Nebraska	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	45	3.0	2.0	7	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025

W 42–28

at Georgia Tech

1 TOT

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With M. Heintschel — 226 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · -29 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · J. Turner — 201 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 61-9vs Duquesne	2	1	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Central Michigan	3	1	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-31@ Florida State	3	0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-13@ Syracuse	1	1	1	0
Wk 9	W 53-34vs NC State	3	2	—	1
Wk 10	W 35-20@ Stanford	4	3	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 12	L 15-37vs Notre Dame	4	3	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-28@ Georgia Tech	1	0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-23@ East Carolina	1	1	—	0
Total		22	12	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games

22Tackles

12Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 81 INT
Week 91 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

Pittsburgh

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Pittsburgh

Returning around him

1 Pittsburgh player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #64 · 2026 recruiting class #44

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Eric Rogers’s 2021 season.

Eric Rogers

87%match

Northern Illinois · 2021

Damion Charity

Old Dominion · 2021

86%

Josh Sanguinetti

Indiana · 2022

85%

Dan Jackson

Georgia · 2023

NFL Rd 7

85%

Darius Lorfils

Bowling Green · 2024

85%

Matches Eric on

TFL rate

PD rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Eric on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Turnage's graduate season at Ole Miss (2024).

Brandon Turnage

86%match

Ole Miss · 2024

Malik Chavis

UNLV · 2024

82%

Wesley Walker

Michigan · 2024

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 5

78%

Justin Hodges

Arkansas State · 2024

78%

Bryson Shaw

USC · 2024

78%

Matches Brandon on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Jeremiah Earby

Boise State · 2024

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Hudson Clark

Arkansas · 2024

81%

Karon Prunty

Wake Forest · 2025

78%

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

2020

202412 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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