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Position | Quarterback |
Class | ![]() |
Personal information | |
Born: | East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. | May 4, 2004
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school |
Bishop Hendricken ( Warwick, Rhode Island) IMG Academy ( Bradenton, Florida) |
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David Conroy Lynch Jr. (born May 4, 2004) is an American football quarterback who plays college football for Pittsburgh. He played high school football for Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island before transferring as a post-graduate to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Lynch was born on May 4, 2004, in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, basketball, and football. [1] He attended Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, before transferring as a post-graduate to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. In his senior season for Bishop Hendricken, he threw for 942 yards and nine touchdowns. He also added two more touchdowns on the ground. [2] In his lone year with IMG Academy, he led the team to the post-grad national championship where he threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone of the teams' victory. On the year he had over twenty touchdowns and led the team to a 9–2 record. [2]
Lynch committed to Pittsburgh on January 7, 2023 as a preferred walk-on (PWO) after receiving the offer from Pittsburgh coach Jon DiBiaso. [2] Lynch also had an offer from Rhode Island but ultimately chose Pittsburgh. [3]
Lynch did not play in any games during the 2023 season and was ultimately redshirted. [4]