#92

John Swisher

Defensive tackle on Ball State's 2017 roster.

DT · Ball State · #92

6′2″ · 285 lb · Des Moines, IA

Ball State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 382 nationally · Joined Ball State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive tackle on Ball State's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ball State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ball State, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

20167 games

Signed with Ball State2-star out of Iowa Western C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#382 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Neu — 6-18 over that span.

2016Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (16th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

Tackles#1503 / 2682 · 43rd pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2191 / 2682 · 16th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Ball State	27	8	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Ball State	12	4	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		39	12	3.0	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 51–31

vs UAB

5 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out UAB at home in a shootout.

With M. Dunner — 19 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · R. Neal — 217 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.2 · 15 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Illinois	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 51-31vs UAB	5	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 21-33@ Western Kentucky	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 3-55@ Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 3-31@ Akron	8	1	1.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 8	L 9-56vs Central Michigan	7	3	0.5	—
Wk 9	L 17-58vs Toledo	0	0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 14-56@ Eastern Michigan	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 24-40vs Buffalo	1	0	0.5	—
Total		27	8	2.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology