Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Akron
John Rachal
LB • 5'11" • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Rachal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
John Rachal built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of John Rachal's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
John Rachal, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Akron. John Rachal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 3.5
Quick Answers
John Rachal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · LB
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dillard · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Dillard · 46 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 400th (top 39%) · Mid-American 124th (top 24%) · National 1,334th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 32 | 3.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
Related Context
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John Rachal played LB for Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, John Rachal recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Akron paired 3.5 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Akron
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
18.7
Usage
4.2
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. VMI: 1. Wisconsin: 1.5. Marshall: 0. App State: 0.5. Kent State: 0.5. Miami (OH): 0. Western Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. VMI: 6 by 35. Wisconsin: 4 by 31.7. Marshall: 6 by 25. App State: 8 by 38.3. Kent State: 3 by 17.5. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs App State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/2 | vs Toledo | L 17-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Ball State | W 35-25 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Western Michigan | L 0-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Miami (OH) | W 35-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Kent State | W 31-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs App State | L 38-45 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Marshall | W 65-38 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-54 | 4 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs VMI | W 47-24 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
John Rachal story
John Rachal built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of John Rachal's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss across 9 career games in the available record. That gives John Rachal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Akron
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Akron | 3.5 | 18.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 2 · L 10-54
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#2
vs VMI
Week 1 · W 47-24
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Havoc Plays
54.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.
#3
vs App State
Week 4 · L 38-45
0.5
Havoc Plays
46.6 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 5 · W 31-27 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 3 · W 65-38
0
Havoc Plays
15.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Akron
3.5 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage
42.1
#2
2012 Regular Season · Akron
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Akron
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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