Bates College

Football Game Day Feature: Making the Pitch

2025: Team captain.

2024: Named Second Team All-Region by D3football.com.... Named to the Division II/III All-New England Team by the New England Football Writers.... First Team All-NESCAC running back.... Named to College Sports Communicators Football Academic All-District® Team.... NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Ranked first in the NESCAC and 12th in NCAA Division III with 121.1 rushing yards per game.... With 1,091 rushing yards, Lynskey became the first Bates running back to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a single season since Sean Atkins '03 in 2002.... His 10 rushing touchdowns were also tops in the conference.... Carried the ball 30 times for 102 yards and a touchdown against Trinity (Sept. 21).... Named NESCAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after he carried the ball 23 times for 121 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-13 win over Wesleyan (Sept. 28).... Carried the ball 20 times for 68 yards and two touchdowns against Colby (Oct. 5).... Carried the ball 19 times for 74 yards and a touchdown against Tufts (Oct. 12).... Carried the ball 20 times for 126 yards against Williams (Oct. 19).... Tallied 26 carries for 105 yards in a 21-20 win over Middlebury (Oct. 26).... Made history against Bowdoin, carrying the ball 20 times for a NESCAC and Bates record 344 yards and three touchdowns, earning NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week, the Gold Helmet Award from the New England Football Writers, and a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week following his performance against the Polar Bears (Nov. 2).... Carried the ball 13 times for 73 yards and a touchdown against Hamilton (Nov. 9).

2023: Saw action in eight games as a rookie for the Bobcats.... Carried the ball 72 times for a team-high 250 yards and one touchdown.... Caught 10 passes for 131 yards and two touchdowns.... Impressed in his collegiate debut, carrying the ball 10 times for 39 yards and a touchdown while also making five catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Wesleyan (Sept. 15).... Ran the ball 11 times for 35 yards at Tufts (Sept. 23).... Carried the ball 17 times for 54 yards and caught two passes for 25 yards against Colby (Sept. 30).... Caught an eight-yard touchdown pass against Amherst (Oct. 7).... Made a 13-yard reception and returned two kicks for 31 yards against Bowdoin (Oct. 14).... Ran the ball 10 times for 32 yards against Middlebury (Oct. 21).... Ran the ball 14 times for a season-high 71 yards and caught one pass for 11 yards at Trinity (Nov. 4).

Personal: 2023 graduate of Cranford (N.J.) High School where he competed in football, basketball, and track & field ... Honor Roll ... All-State Group III.
 

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