Akeel Joh-Vonnie Lynch (born May 14, 1994) is an American football running back who plays for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team. He grew up in Toronto with divorced parents, but at age seven, his father was murdered. Later, he moved to New York, where he played high school football and eventually accepted a scholarship offer to play football at Penn State. After redshirting his freshman year, he emerged as a reserve player the next season, and by his sophomore year of eligibility, he had emerged as Penn State's top running back.