Kyle Rachwal: LB · Eastern Michigan · #51.
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Kyle Rachwal
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Eastern Michigan since. The first career honor came in 2018: All-MAC. On tape: 16 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Northern Illinois, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
114 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 114 | 42 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 66 | 34 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | 104 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2015 | Eastern Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 284 | 114 | 16.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Monmouth | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Purdue | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-35@ Buffalo | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ San Diego State | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-26vs Northern Illinois | 16 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Western Michigan | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-26vs Toledo | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-20@ Ball State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-37vs Army | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-7vs Central Michigan | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-7vs Akron | 7 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-23vs Georgia Southern | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 114 | 42 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 |
Week 7 · 2018
W 28-26
vs Toledo
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
A close one, won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
114tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%10 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups114 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 20-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 10.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.6%
387 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 284 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
