Derek Lynch
5 Derek Lynch
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Weight:
    169
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • High School:
    Bloomfield Hills
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    305
  • yds/g
    30.5
  • td
    4

Bio

2022 - Appeared in 10 games...Made three starts...Named third team all-G-MAC as a running back...Finishes as UF career-leader with 65 kick return attempts...Rushed 55 times for 305 yards and four touchdowns...Had 13 receptions for 231 yards and two touchdowns...Recorded season-high 71 rushing yards on Oct. 22 at Hillsdale...Had season-high 73 yards receiving on Oct. 15 at Kentucky Wesleyan...Season-long 71 yard touchdown rush on Oct. 22 at Hillsdale...Had season-long 69-yard reception on Oct. 15 at Kentucky Wesleyan.

2021 (Fall)- Named third team all-G-MAC as a kick returner...Appeared in 11 games... Made 10 starts...Posted 356 return yards on 17 kick returns... Rushed the ball 117 times for 685 yards and 5 touchdowns... His longest carry was 72 yards against UNC Pembroke on Sept. 11... Had 9 receptions for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns... Averaged 62.3 yards of offense per game...Set program record for carries in a game with 45 vs UNC Pembroke...Ranks second at UF in single-game rushing yards with 303 vs UNC Pembroke.

2021 (Spring) - Named first team all-conference as a kick returner and third team all-conference as a wide receiver...Appeared in all six games...Made five starts...Had seven kick returns for 174 yards (24.9 avg.)...Had 15 receptions for 129 yards (8.6 ypc)...Rushed the ball 46 times for 289 yards and two touchdowns.

2019 - Appeared in all 11 games and started in one...Led the Oilers in all-purpose yards with 1108...Had 43 rushes for 351 yards...Averaged 31.9 yards per game and 8.2 yards per carry...His longest carry was 59 yards...Had four rushing touchdowns...Had 11 receptions for 137 yards...Had one receiving touchdown...Led the team in kick returns with 26...Had 620 return yards, averaged 23.8 yards per return...His longest return was 63 yards.

2018 - Appeared in two games.

2017 - Appeared in one game.

Prep - Twice named Oakland Activities Association All-League...Earned all-metro Detroit first team...Named first team all-state by the Detroit Free Press...Also lettered in lacrosse, track, and wrestling.

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25
  Overall Conf
Rushes 55 43
Yards 305 225
Yards per game 30.5 28.1
Yards per rush 5.5 5.2
Touchdowns 4 3
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 3 11 3.7 6 0 - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 9 28 3.1 7 0 - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 5 41 8.2 16 1 - -
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 7 39 5.6 24 0 - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 4 26 6.5 10 0 - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 5 9 1.8 5 0 - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 1 71 71.0 71 1 - -
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 2 7 3.5 10 1 - -
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 11 66 6.0 27 1 - -
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 8 7 0.9 4 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 1 48 48.0 48 1 - -
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 3 73 24.3 69 0 - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 2 50 25.0 29 0 - -
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 - -
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 2 13 6.5 8 0 - -
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 3 46 15.3 45 1 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 1 23 23.0 23 0 - - - - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 4 95 23.8 38 0 - - - - -
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 3 40 13.3 16 0 - - - - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 2 40 20.0 20 0 - - - - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 1 31 31.0 31 0 - - - - -
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 1 11 2 - 23 36
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 1 28 - - - 28
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 1 41 48 - 95 184
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 1 39 - - 40 79
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 1 26 - - 40 66
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 1 9 73 - - 82
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 1 71 50 - - 121
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 1 7 -1 - - 6
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 1 66 13 - 31 110
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 1 7 46 - - 53

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 12 1 1 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 6 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Ohio Dominican L, 28-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 #20 Ashland L, 28-3 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Southwest Baptist W, 52-35 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 24 at North Greenville L, 34-27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #1 Ferris St. L, 38-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Northwood W, 34-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 44-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Hillsdale W, 41-20 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 29 Lake Erie W, 42-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 5 Walsh W, 20-7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 12 at Tiffin W, 27-25 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 38 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 11 43 351 31.9 8.2 4 59 2 1
2020-21 6 46 289 48.2 6.3 2 30 2 1
2021-22 11 116 680 61.8 5.9 5 72 - -
2022-23 10 55 305 30.5 5.5 4 71 - -
Total 38 260 1625 42.8 6.3 15 72 4 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 11 11 1.0 137 12.5 12.5 1 50
2020-21 6 15 2.5 129 21.5 8.6 0 26
2021-22 11 9 0.8 84 7.6 9.3 2 49
2022-23 10 13 1.3 231 23.1 17.8 2 69
Total 38 48 1.3 581 15.3 12.1 5 69

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 6 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 11 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 38 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 6 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 11 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 26 620 23.8 0 63 - - - - -
2020-21 7 174 24.9 0 77 - - - - -
2021-22 17 356 20.9 0 71 - - - - -
2022-23 11 229 20.8 0 38 - - - - -
Total 61 1379 22.6 0 77 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 11 351 137 - 620 1108 100.7
2020-21 6 289 129 - 174 592 98.7
2021-22 11 680 84 - 356 1120 101.8
2022-23 10 305 231 - 229 765 76.5
Total 38 1625 581 - 1379 3585 94.3

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 30 2.7 4 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2020-21 12 2.0 2 0 0 - - - - - 0 0
2021-22 42 3.8 5 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
2022-23 36 3.6 4 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Total 120 3.2 15 5 0 - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 38 1 0 1.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 55 305 30.5 5.5 4 71 - -
Conference 8 43 225 28.1 5.2 3 71 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 38 207 34.5 5.4 3 27 - -
Away 4 17 98 24.5 5.8 1 71 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 36 227 32.4 6.3 4 71 - -
Losses 3 19 78 26.0 4.1 0 24 - -
Month September 3 17 80 26.7 4.7 1 16 - -
October 5 19 152 30.4 8.0 2 71 - -
November 2 19 73 36.5 3.8 1 27 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 13 1.3 231 23.1 17.8 2 69
Conference 8 12 1.5 183 22.9 15.3 1 69
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 4 0.7 60 10.0 15.0 1 48
Away 4 9 2.3 171 42.8 19.0 1 69
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 12 1.7 229 32.7 19.1 2 69
Losses 3 1 0.3 2 0.7 2.0 0 2
Month September 3 2 0.7 50 16.7 25.0 1 48
October 5 6 1.2 122 24.4 20.3 0 69
November 2 5 2.5 59 29.5 11.8 1 45

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 11 229 20.8 0 38 - - - - -
Conference 4 94 23.5 0 31 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 206 20.6 0 38 - - - - -
Away 1 23 23.0 0 23 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 166 23.7 0 38 - - - - -
Losses 4 63 15.8 0 23 - - - - -
Month September 5 118 23.6 0 38 - - - - -
October 5 80 16.0 0 20 - - - - -
November 1 31 31.0 0 31 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 305 231 - 229 765 76.5
Conference 8 225 183 - 94 502 62.8
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 6 207 60 - 206 473 78.8
Away 4 98 171 - 23 292 73.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 7 227 229 - 166 622 88.9
Losses 3 78 2 - 63 143 47.7
Month September 3 80 50 - 118 248 82.7
October 5 152 122 - 80 354 70.8
November 2 73 59 - 31 163 81.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 36 3.6 4 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Conference 24 3.0 3 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 24 4.0 3 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Away 12 3.0 1 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 36 5.1 4 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Month September 12 4.0 1 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
October 12 2.4 2 0 0 - - - - - 0 0
November 12 6.0 1 1 0 - - - - - 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0