Career Accolades
- 2022 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
- Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019-21)
- Greg Piers Award (2019)
As a Senior (2021)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Stanford Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (Week 5- Oregon)
- Appeared in 10 games
- Made two tackles
As a Junior (2020)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
- Played in the final four games
As a Sophomore (2019)
- Member of Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
- Greg Piers Award given to Most Outstanding Defensive Scout Team player
- Played in two games
- Made his career debut on special teams against Oregon (Sept. 21)
As a Freshman (2018)
- Did not see action
Prior to Stanford
- Prepped at Cathedral Catholic (Calif.) under head coach Sean Doyle
- 61 tackles and 5.5 sacks in seven games as a senior
- Led team to 2016 state title
- Also competed in baseball
- CIF All-Academic
- Junior class president
Personal
- Full name is John Terrence Lynch
- Son of Linda and John Lynch
- Mother played tennis at USC
- Father played football and baseball at Stanford
- Father played 16 seasons in the NFL and was a nine-time Pro Bowler
- Father is San Francisco 49ers general manager
- Father was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021
- Has three siblings, Lindsay, Lilly and Leah
- High school teammate of current Stanford teammate Logan Berzins