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2019 MIT Football Roster

38 Kevin Lyons

  • Position LB
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Weymouth, Mass.
  • High School Weymouth

Biography

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Appeared in five games before his season was cut short due to injury
- Posted 11 tackles, one tackle for loss, one interception and one pass breakup
- Had a season-high five tackles at Becker on 9/20

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Appeared in all 11 games with 39 tackles that included 20 solo stops, 3.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and one pass breakup
- Returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown vs. Springfield as the Engineers captured the NEWMAC Championship

2017: [SEASON STATS] 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Appeared in nine games, posting nine total tackles that included five assisted stops and 1.5 tackles for loss of six yards

2016: [SEASON STATS] 
- Appeared in four games, including his first at Maine Maritime on 9/24
- Recorded one tackle

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the NEWMAC Championship his junior year

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science, with a minor in business analytics
- Interned with Philips Research North America as a software engineer intern
- Has interned with Uber Technologies and the New England Patriots
- Conducted research at the MIT Media Lab, investigating more efficient traffic patterns in cities using deep learning
- Member of the Football Player's Council and is the Vice-President of Delta Kappa Epsilon
- Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member
- MIT Leadership Training Institute Student Mentor
- TA for an online Data Science course
- Involved with the Community Catalyst Leadership Program

High School:
- Played football, basketball and volleyball and was on the track team at Weymouth High School
- Three-year letterwinner in football while winning two letters in basketball and one in track
- Was a wide receiver and defensive back
- Boston Globe Scholar-Athlete
- Massachusetts State Studen-Athlete of the Month
- National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete
- Weymouth High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Two-time All-Conference selection
- National Honor Society chapter president
- Student Voice Director
- Captain and the math team and a computer science mentor

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2016First Year

    DB
    5'11" 190 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2017Sophomore

    DB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2018Junior

    LB
    5'11" 200 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2019Senior

    LB
    5'11" 200 lbs
    38