[1]2:10, 4:10[2]1:30 Lyon did not receive an invitation to participate in Overwatch's pre-release open beta, and began playing the game only upon its public release.

[2]28:00 In the months between the World Cup qualifiers and the finals, Lyon was signed to the OpTic Gaming-owned Houston Outlaws, one of the teams in the newly formed Overwatch League.

[1]6:15[7][8] Lyon credits his success with the character on being willing to take aggressive, one-on-one engagements with opponents, and on having devised ways to maximize the hero's impact that other players had not yet discovered.

[9] In addition to Junkrat, Jake is known for his play on the heroes Soldier: 76 and Pharah, and for being an in-game shot caller (a player that communicates strategy to teammates during the game).

[1]7:30[10]2:00 On December 7, 2019, Lyon announced that he was retiring from professional Overwatch competition, citing that he felt that he "forcibly stagnated [his] process of learning, growth, and exploration.

[10]1:30[4] At the main event, the team lost in the quarterfinals in an unexpectedly close series to favorites and eventual tournament-winners South Korea.

Financial Review called him "the perfect poster-boy for the sport as it tries to dispel the prejudice that computer-gaming is a lonely pursuit of wastrels and slobs".

[23] In July 2018, Lyons was selected as one of two Overwatch League players to attend a summit between the International Olympic Committee and the esports community.

[24] A few months prior to the meeting with the IOC, Lyon and Outlaws teammate Shane "Rawkus" Flaherty spoke with Megyn Kelly about the Overwatch League in a segment on The Today Show.

[26] Lyon briefly studied economics at Denison University in Granville, Ohio before leaving to pursue a full-time career in esports.