Princeton University has named Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch the school's senior “Class Day” speaker in June, and some students aren't too happy about it.

In an op-ed in the student newspaper, students expressed their displeasure with Princeton's decision to bring in Lynch:

“As seniors, we had been looking forward to the speaker announcement for months,” the letter starts. “Many of us were disappointed when we saw that this year’s speaker was to be Marshawn Lynch, mainly because we did not feel included in the process by which this speaker was nominated and finally selected.”

While the students were aggravated that they were not included in the selection process, they also made it a point to state why they did not feel Lynch was qualified to speak at such an event:

“Among articles that praised his NFL career and philanthropic contributions, we came across articles discussing Lynch’s reticence with the media and his terse responses at press conferences,” they wrote. “In 2013 and 2014, for example, Lynch was fined $50,000 and $100,000 for refusing to speak to the media. During the 2015 Superbowl Media Day, Lynch famously responded to multiple questions with variants of ‘I’m just here so I won’t get fined.' With no other frame of reference, such reports caused confusion over the set of criteria that led to his nomination.”

Lynch retired following the 2018 campaign, a season he spent with the Oakland Raiders, but returned to the Seahawks in Week 17 of this past season after injuries to running backs Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny.

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The 34-year-old began his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills in 2007 and eventually joined Seattle midway through the 2010 campaign, where he went on to play five and a half seasons through 2015. During that time, he made four Pro Bowl appearances, earned a First-Team All-Pro selection and helped lead the Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship to cap off the 2013 NFL season.

Lynch retired for the first time following the 2015 NFL season and returned to join his hometown Raiders in 2017. There's still a chance he returns to the Seahawks for 2020.