#28

Jon Reschke

Linebacker for Michigan State. 2018: 33 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Michigan State · #28

6′3″ · Sterling Heights, MI

Michigan State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ILB recruit

No. 186 nationally · Signed with Michigan State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2018 linebacker for Michigan State. 2018: 33 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Michigan State, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Michigan State4-star out of Brother Rice

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#186 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 10-15 over that span.

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2018Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Solo tackles#1761 / 2662 · 32nd pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Michigan State	33	12	6.5	0.5	--	--	--
2016	Michigan State	13	7	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		46	19	7.5	0.5	--	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week