Age
27
Jan 20, 1999
James Lynch
#97
MIN · 2020–2023→TEN · 2024–2025→CHI · 2026–presentACT
JamesLynch#97IDL
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
25
2025
TFL
1
regular season
Sacks
0.5
regular season
QB Hits
3
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
31%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2017 — Present · Includes honors2026–
Chicago Bears · Interior DL
IDL · Current roster
NFL
2024–2025
Tennessee Titans · Interior DL
IDL · 34 active weeks
NFL
2020–2023
Minnesota Vikings · Interior DL
IDL · 51 active weeks
NFL
2017–2019
Baylor · DT
NCAA
Draft Profile
2020 DraftSelection
Round 4, Pick 130
#130 overall by Minnesota Vikings
TeamMIN
Overall#130
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.