Lance Byndon

As a Junior (2025): Was selected to the All-MEAC Second Team ... appeared in every game (12) ... totaled 44 tackles, including 8.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks ... He also contributed key momentum-shifting plays, recording a blocked field goal at Norfolk State on Nov. 15, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries ... As a Sophomore (2024): Was named to the MEAC All-Academic Team ... wrapped up the year with an impressive 24 tackles, including 16 solo stops, eight tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks ... High School: Was a two-sport athlete at Robert A. Taft High … was a All Southwest Ohio selection … First Team All CMAC … as a senior, he had a game-high 11 tackles (10 solo) and a sack in a win vs. McNicholas (44-14) to become then first Cincinnati Public School football program to advance to the regional semifinals of the Ohio High School Athletic Association tournament in nearly 30 years … received offers from Toledo, Kent State and Purdue … Personal: son of Crystal Hamilton and Larry Bynton ... born on April 7, 2005 … expected to graduate May 2023 … his career ambition is to be stable in life and make sure my kids have a good life. … enjoys playing video games and basketball … lists his mom as his biggest sports influence “because she has always worked for everything we had and never gave up on her kids” … chose to attend Morgan State “because it’s a blessing and opportunity for me to reach the goals that I have set out” … the athletic accomplishment he is most proud of is “going the furthest in the playoffs out of Taft history.”