Jordan Lynch
Photo: Jim Larrison, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Northern Illinois, 2009–⁠13

Jordan Lynch

Number
No. 6
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Born
Oct 3, 1990, in Chicago, Illinois

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Jordan Lynch played quarterback at Northern Illinois (2009–⁠13). He finished third in the 2013 Heisman vote. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2026.

At a glance

Best season
3,138
Passing yards, 2012 (Northern Illinois, 12–⁠2)
Best game
321 yards
Vs. Western Michigan, week 14, 2013: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
3rd
In the 2013 vote

Career highs

407passing yards, career highvs. Toledo, 20124touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. Eastern Michigan, 2013321rushing yards, career highvs. Western Michigan, 20134rushing touchdowns, career highat Massachusetts, 2013

Honors

Team titles: MAC champions, 2011 and 2012

All-America: AP 2013; AP second team 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
200900
2010904666.71310139.93136211.73
2011130152075.016610161.2452465.53
2012141423739460.23,138256144.92941,8156.219
2013141425340462.62,892248138.42921,9206.623
Career50285098246,20951146624,34348

From the college statistics table in Lynch’s Wikipedia article (Jordan Lynch, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Northern Illinois6QB
2010Northern Illinois6QB
2011Northern Illinois6QB
2012Northern Illinois6QB
2013Northern Illinois6QB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Northern Illinois6290.1940th (n=144)0.22117.562%0.200.18

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Northern Illinois 14 games, 2,892 passing yards, 24 TD; 1,920 rushing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atIowaW 30–⁠2725412753056
Sep 14atIdahoW 45–⁠35172915230159
Sep 21vs.Eastern IllinoisW 43–⁠39213023512189
Sep 28atPurdueW 55–⁠2418252073035
Oct 5atKent StateW 38–⁠2421352442294
Oct 12vs.AkronW 27–⁠2016352201083
Oct 19atCentral MichiganW 38–⁠17203015511316
Oct 26vs.Eastern MichiganW 59–⁠2016202234099
Nov 2atMassachusettsW 63–⁠19101316010119
Nov 13vs.Ball StateW 48–⁠27263234520123
Nov 20atToledoW 35–⁠17172220200161
Nov 26vs.Western MichiganW 33–⁠145173910321
Dec 6vs.Bowling GreenL 27–⁠47214021912126
Dec 26 ✦vs.Utah StateL 14–⁠2120352161139
2012 Northern Illinois 14 games, 3,138 passing yards, 25 TD; 1,815 rushing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.IowaL 17–⁠186165400119
Sep 8vs.UT MartinW 35–⁠719252141160
Sep 15atArmyW 41–⁠40182734241125
Sep 22vs.KansasW 30–⁠23233523521134
Sep 29vs.Central MichiganW 55–⁠24143221510144
Oct 6atBall StateW 35–⁠23162319510207
Oct 13vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠3132023220129
Oct 20atAkronW 37–⁠7203322320131
Oct 27atWestern MichiganW 48–⁠34182827440136
Nov 3vs.MassachusettsW 63–⁠0151919120157
Nov 14vs.ToledoW 31–⁠24253640731162
Nov 23atEastern MichiganW 49–⁠7162516810107
Nov 30vs.Kent StateW 44–⁠37193421211160
Jan 1 ✦vs.Florida StateL 10–⁠3115411761144
2011 Northern Illinois 12 games, 246 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.ArmyW 49–⁠263525008
Sep 17vs.WisconsinL 7–⁠493390019
Sep 24vs.Cal PolyW 47–⁠30–––––6
Oct 1atCentral MichiganL 41–⁠48–––––3
Oct 8vs.Kent StateW 40–⁠1034220046
Oct 15vs.Western MichiganW 51–⁠2201000113
Oct 22atBuffaloW 31–⁠30–––––4
Nov 1atToledoW 63–⁠60–––––3
Nov 8atBowling GreenW 45–⁠1422461032
Nov 15vs.Ball StateW 41–⁠38–––––14
Dec 2vs.OhioW 23–⁠20–––––2
Jan 8 ✦vs.Arkansas StateW 38–⁠20446400−4

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Northern Illinois 9 games, 362 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 2atAkronW 50–⁠141211001
Oct 9vs.TempleW 31–⁠17–––––5
Oct 16vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠14–––––96
Oct 23vs.Central MichiganW 33–⁠7–––––12
Oct 30atWestern MichiganW 28–⁠21–––––19
Nov 9vs.ToledoW 65–⁠30–––––43
Nov 20atBall StateW 59–⁠212211018
Nov 26atEastern MichiganW 71–⁠311100142
Dec 3vs.Miami (OH)L 21–⁠260100026

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′0⅛″
Weight217 lb
Arm length29¾″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.76 s
10-yard split1.65 s
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump9′1″
3-cone drill6.55 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2015–⁠16CFLEdmonton Eskimos

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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