Wayne Lyons

Class:
Fifth Year
Position:
CB
Height:
6-1
Weight:
193
Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High School:
Dillard

At Michigan
• Joined the program as a graduate transfer after four seasons at Stanford
• One-year letterman

Fifth-year senior (2015)
• Appeared in 13 games, appearing as a reserve cornerback in two contests and contributing on special teams
• UNLV (Sept. 19): Tallied two tackles
• BYU (Sept. 26): Recorded two tackles and a pass breakup
• at Maryland (Oct. 3): Made one tackle
• Northwestern (Oct. 10): Tallied one tackle

Senior (2014)
• Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list
• Phil Steele Magazine preseason All-Pac 12 third team
• Played in 13 games
• Contributed 30 tackles (18 solo) and forced one fumble
• Posted a season-high six tackles vs. Army
• Had five-tackle efforts in road games against Notre Dame and UCLA
• Made three stops against Oregon and California
• Accounted for two pass breakups, one forced fumble and three stops vs. UC Davis
• Made one pass breakup at Washington.

Junior (2013)
• Named team's Special Teams Player of the Game vs. San Jose State and California
• Played in 14 games at cornerback
• Finished fifth on the team with 69 tackles (41 solos), including 4.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and two pass breakups
• Posted a season-best nine tackles vs. Arizona State
• Tallied eight tackles at Utah
• Made seven stops, including one TFL, and a pass breakup vs. San Jose State
• Had six tackles and assisted on a TFL at USC
• Posted five-tackle efforts against Army, Washington State and Oregon
• Contributed three stops, one PBU and two fourth-quarter interceptions vs. Notre Dame
• Posted three tackles vs. Arizona State in the Pac-12 Championship game
• Made five tackles against Michigan State in the Rose Bowl.

Sophomore (2012)
• Played in 14 games with one start at cornerback
• Tallied six tackles vs. Arizona, his first career starting assignment
• Made five solo stops vs. San Jose State
• Registered three solo tackles against USC
• Made first career interception in the red zone during the fourth quarter at Cal.

Freshman (2011)
• Saw action in the first two games of the season before suffering a season-ending foot injury
• Posted two stops against San Jose State and one tackle against Duke.

Prep
• Graduated from Dillard High School (2011) coached by Manny Martin
• Class Valedictorian
• National Honor Society member
• Finalist for the National Football Foundation's Brian Piccolo Award
• Nominated for Wendy's High School Heisman
• 2010 Silver Knight Service Award nominee
• 2010 National Achievement Award recipient
• 2010 Congressional National Scholar
• 2010 Top 10% Award
• School's class president as a sophomore, junior and senior
• Also lettered in wrestling and track and field

Key Statistics
• Three-year football letterman
• Posted 45 tackles, nine tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles during injury-shortened senior season
• Contributed 87 tackles and two interceptions as a junior
• Recorded a team-high 95 stops during sophomore year

Honors and Rankings
• 2010 U.S. Army All-American
• U.S. Army's Felix "Doc" Blanchard Award recipient
• Four-star recruit according to Rivals and Scout
• 2010 PrepStar All-American
• Listed as the No. 81 prospect on PrepStar's Top 150 Dream Team
• Rated as Florida's sixth-best safety prospect and the nation's 107th overall safety by Rivals
• Ranked as the 21st overall prospect in Florida by Rivals
• Listed as the nation's eighth-best safety prospect by Scout and the 10th-best prospect by Sporting News
• 2010 Sun-Sentinel and Miami Herald Class 5A All-Broward County Defensive Team selection
• 2010 Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year
• 2010 Army National Combine Defensive MVP
• 2011 Team USA National Football Team
• 2011 Sporting News National All-Defensive Team
• Listed as the 16th-best high school prospect by Tom Lemming.

Personal
• Wayne Lyons II was born Sept. 20, 1992
• Son of Wayne Lyons and Gwendolyn Bush
• Has one sister, Danielle
• Father played football for Alabama A&M (1977-81)
• Uncle, Brian Bush, played football at Arizona (1982-83) and in the CFL (1984-85)
• Cousin, Frank Sanders, played at Auburn (1991-94) and in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens
• Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in architectural design in June 2015.
• Earned Master of Social Work degree with a focus in Interpersonal Practice/Children & Youth in Families and Society