Jordan Lynch is an American football quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
Education
After graduating from Saint Christina Elementary School in the Mountain. Greenwood area of Chicago, Lynch attended Mountain. Carmel High School and graduated in 2009.
During those two years he completed 19 of 26 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns.
He finished the season with 1,815 yards.
Career
He played college football at Northern Illinois. He played varsity for three years under coach Frank Lenti. He started two of those three years.
Lynch was redshirted in 2009.
He was the backup quarterback to Chandler Harnish in 2010 and 2011. He also rushed for 608 yards on 76 carries with six touchdowns.
In 2012, he became a starter. During the 2012 marathon MAC Championship Game, Lynch increased his rushing stats to 1,771 yards on 271 carries, breaking the previous National Collegiate Athletic Association record for rushing yards in a season by a quarterback set by Denard Robinson.
On October 19, 2013, Lynch broke the record for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in one game, finishing with 316 yards and three touchdowns, en route to winning the Walter Camp National Player of the Week.
On October 26 against Eastern Michigan, Lynch was responsible for six total touchdowns, throwing four, running for one, and catching a touchdown, gaining 339 total yards. On November 26, 2013, in Dekalb, Illinois, Lynch broke the single-game quarterback rushing yards record again, rushing for 321 yards versus the Western Michigan University Broncos. He finished third in the voting that was announced on December 14, 2013.
On December 17, Lynch was selected as a first team All-American.
He finished the season with 1,920 rushing yards, which broke his record from the previous season. College stats
National Collegiate Athletic Association records
Most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season: 1,920 (2013)
Most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game: 321 (November 26, 2013 vs Western Michigan)
Most 100-yard rushing games by a quarterback in a season: 12 (2012)
Most rushing yards per game by a quarterback in a season: 137.1 (2013)
Chicago Bears
Lynch was eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft, but was not drafted.
The Chicago Bears signed him to a contract as a running back shortly after the draft concluded. The Bears released Lynch on August 29, 2014.
Edmonton Eskimos
On January 14, 2015, Lynch signed with the Edmonton Eskimos.
Lynch scored his first Canadian Football League touchdown against the Ottawa RedBlacks on Thursday, July 9.