Tamon Lynum is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Pittsburgh.
Lynum moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, Matt Rhule and Pat Narduzzi. On tape: 4 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Florida State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs No. 9 Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ No. 15 Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-23vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 9 · 2025
W 53-34
vs NC State
3 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 2 solo tackles
Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL22 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 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
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
478 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #433 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #60 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,510 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
A stat line in 31 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, Matt Rhule and Pat Narduzzi.
