Player Dossier

2012-2016

Akron

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.

Usage Score

4.6

Efficiency

18.7

Consistency

14.8

Season Value

12.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

John Rachal, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Akron. John Rachal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Regular Season · Akron

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

4.6

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 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. Unknown: 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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs First Half

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 11/2vs ToledoL 17-4811000
Sat 10/22@ Ball StateW 35-2521000
Sat 10/15vs Western MichiganL 0-4110000
Sat 10/8vs Miami (OH)W 35-1311000
Sat 10/1@ Kent StateW 31-27300.5000
Sat 9/24vs App StateL 38-45840.5000
Sat 9/17@ MarshallW 65-3861000
Sat 9/10@ WisconsinL 10-54411.5000
Sat 9/3vs Unknown66100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Akron

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonAkron0
2013 Regular SeasonAkron00
2014 Regular SeasonAkron00
2015 Regular SeasonAkron00
2016 Regular SeasonAkron3.518.74.63.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wisconsin

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.

#3

App State

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.8 takeover score.

#4

Kent State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 18.2 takeover score.

#5

Marshall

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Akron

3.5 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 4.6 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Akron

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Akron

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7333

Dillard · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Akron
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

32

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 9 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.