Linebacker, Illinois, 2012–⁠16

Mike Svetina

Lettered 2012 (school media guide)

Number: No. 40
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Brunswick, OH

Mike Svetina played linebacker at Illinois (2012–⁠16).

Defense

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2016	Illinois	10	2	1	0	0	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	PBU	FF
2012	10	17	23	40	2.5	1	0
2013^N	12	25	32	57	2	0	1
On file		42	55	97	4.5	1	1

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	Illinois	40	LB
2013	Illinois	40	LB
2014	Illinois	40	LB
2015	Illinois	40	LB
2016	Illinois	40	LB	6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2016 Illinois 3 games, 10 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 3	vs.Murray State	W 52–⁠3	2	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Minnesota	L 17–⁠40	4	0	1
Nov 19	vs.Iowa	L 0–⁠28	4	2	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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