2016 Redshirt Senior

• Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams
• 10 tackles (two solo), 1.0 TFL on the season
• Season-high four tackles against Minnesota and Iowa, his most in a game since 2013
• Academic All-Big Ten

2015 Senior

• Played in six of the final seven games of the season, primarily on special teams
• Missed the first five games with an injury
• Academic All-Big Ten

2014 Junior

• Missed all of 2014 because of injury

2013 Sophomore

• Played in all 12 games at STAR, starting 11
• Ranked fifth on the team in tackles with 57
• Earned Illinois Point Award as top Defensive Big Skill player at annual postseason banquet
• Recorded at least six tackles in six of the last seven games of the year
• Forced the first fumble of his career at Penn State and tied a career high with seven solo tackles, finishing with a season-best nine total tackles
• Had six tackles against Michigan State
• Tied a career high with 1.5 TFLs against Wisconsin
• Picked up a half-TFL at Nebraska
• Had six tackles against Miami (Ohio)
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2012 Freshman

• Played in all 12 games and made five starts as a true-freshman
• Totaled 40 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and one pass break-up on the season
• Recorded a career- and game-high 12 tackles, including career bests in solos (7) and TFLs (1.5), at Northwestern
• Had seven tackles and recorded his first career TFL against Purdue
• Started and posted seven tackles against Minnesota
• Made four tackles and registered his first career PBU at Ohio State
• Made first career start at Wisconsin
• Made five tackles against Penn State
• Recorded first career tackle at Arizona State
• Made Illini debut but did not record any stats against Western Michigan

High School

• A three-star recruit by Rivals.com
• Led St. Ignatius to an OHSAA state title in 2011
• Racked up 111 tackles, four sacks and three interceptions in 2011
• Named the 2011 Cleveland Plain-Dealer Defensive Player of the Year
• Named the 2011 Ohio Division I Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• High school coach was Chuck Kyle

Personal

• Last name pronounced sve-TEE-nuh
• Son of Mike Svetina and Susie Reardon
• Born Jan. 13, 1994
• Majoring in finance

Career Highs

Tackles: 12 at Northwestern, 11/24/12
Solos: 7, twice (last at Penn State, 11/2/13)
TFLs: 1.5, twice (last vs. Wisconsin, 10/19/13)
Fumble Forced: 1 at Penn State, 11/2/13
PBUs: 1 at Ohio State, 11/3/12