2016 Football Roster
Jersey Number 40
Mike Svetina
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 235
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Brunswick, Ohio
- High School:
- St. Ignatius
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
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