2017 Football Roster
Roster
Joe Bachie
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 233
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brook Park, Ohio
- High School:
- Berea
- Prev School:
- Midpark
Career Bio (PDF)
CAREER NOTES: Four-year letterwinner and three-year starting middle linebacker played in 40 career games, including 34 starts . . . finished his career ranked 20th in MSU history with 27.5 tackles for loss (91 yards) and 22nd with 285 tackles . . . also tied for sixth in the Spartan record book with five forced fumbles . . . in addition, recorded eight sacks, five interceptions, 11 pass break-ups and two forced fumbles in his career . . . voted team captain for second straight season in 2019, joining senior teammate Brian Lewerke as just the fifth and sixth players under Coach Mark Dantonio to be named captain twice (Kirk Cousins, 2009-10-11; Greg Jones, 2009-10; Max Bullough, 2012-13; Shilique Calhoun, 2014-15) . . . three-time member of the team’s Eagles leadership council . . . had 12 career games with double-digit tackles . . . four-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honoree . . . graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in social science in December 2019.
2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Earned third-team All-Big Ten (media) and honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches, Pro Football Focus) accolades . . . ranked fifth on the team with 71 tackles in eight games, all starts at middle linebacker . . . also had 8.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, four pass break-ups and one interception . . . earned first-team midseason All-America honors by Rivals.com . . . named second-team midseason All-American by The Associated Press, The Athletic and Athlon Sports . . . named semifinalist for Butkus Award and quarterfinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy . . . posted six stops against Penn State . . . had eight tackles, including a 1-yard loss, at Wisconsin . . . registered a season-high three tackles for loss (19 yards) and a career-high two sacks, including an 18-yard sack on the third play from scrimmage, as part of 11 tackles at Ohio State, tallying 26 production points that led the defense . . . posted seven stops with one TFL against Indiana, notching 16 production points . . . named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Lott IMPACT Trophy National Co-Player of the Week for performance at Northwestern, recording career-high 14 tackles (13 solo, one assist) to lead the Spartan defense, adding one interception, one sack and two TFLs, two pass break-ups and one QB hurry . . . had a 9-yard sack in the first quarter to set the tone for the Spartans, and finished with two tackles for loss (10 yards) overall, adding two pass break-ups and one QB hurry, ending game with 50 production points, the most ever by a player in the Dantonio era . . . posted 12 stops (4 solo, 13 assists) with 0.5 TFL and 0.5 sack in starting against Arizona State, posting 17 production points, ranking second among linebackers and tied for second overall for defense . . . started Western Michigan game and posted seven stops, along with 0.5 TFL and one pass break-up, registering linebacker corps leading 16 production points, ranking second overall on defense, while playing 56 snaps . . . started season opener vs. Tulsa, tallying six tackles and 0.5 TFL and one QB hurry, logging 20 production points, ranking second among linebackers and fourth on defense, while playing a defensive unit best tying 54 plays.
2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors by the coaches, ESPN.com and Phil Steele, and second-team honors by the media and AP . . . named recipient of the MSU Downtown Coaches Club Award for most outstanding defensive player . . . voted one of three team captains . . . started all 13 games at middle linebacker . . . led team in tackles for second year in a row with a career-high 102 stops . . . ranked ninth in Big Ten with 102 tackles and 12th in tackles per game (7.85 avg.) . . . topped the defense with 244 production points during the regular season . . . led or shared the team lead in tackles in first three games of season before not having top tackling honors in CMU, NU and PSU games as offenses deterred from the middle of the Spartan defense, before sharing team lead in Michigan game . . . led Spartans with eight tackles in Redbox Bowl against Oregon . . . posted game-high 12 stops in Rutgers game, adding 1.5 TFLs, logging a defense-leading 19 production points . . . notched nine tackles including 0.5 tackle for loss at Nebraska, registering 18 production points . . . posted five tackles against Ohio State . . . registered seven tackles, including two for loss, along with three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two pass break-ups at Maryland to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week accolades; also posted a personal best and season team-high 46 production points against the Terrapins, earning the MSU Defensive Player of the Week team award . . . logged eight tackles, with one tackle for loss and one pass break-up against Purdue, recording 12 production points, which shared the lead for linebacker unit . . . posted 10 tackles against Michigan . . . tallied four tackles including one tackle for loss at Penn State, with the TFL coming late in the fourth quarter, forcing PSU to punt and setting up MSU’s game-winning drive; finished with 20 production points, which led the linebacker unit and ranked tied for second overall on defense, all in playing all 64 defensive snaps . . . posted six stops and career-high two pass break-ups vs. Northwestern, notching 19 production points, which led linebackers and ranked fourth on defense . . . tallied three tackles in Central Michigan game . . . posted nine stops at Indiana, logging 22 production points, which led the linebacker unit and was second overall on the defense . . . tallied team-best and game-high tying 10 tackles at Arizona State, including one tackle for loss on a sack, ending game with defensive unit leading 14 production points . . . started against Utah State and led MSU’s defense with 11 tackles, including 1.5 for loss; also had an interception, which came on USU’s final drive, with an acrobatic block of pass attempt to bat ball in air and then caught it to seal MSU’s victory . . . registered 32 production points to lead the defense against the Aggies.
2016 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw action in the final six games of the season to earn his first letter . . . played more than 65 snaps at linebacker and also played on special teams . . . posted five tackles, including a half tackle for loss, vs. Rutgers . . . made Spartan debut at Maryland, coming off bench in first quarter after Riley Bullough was disqualified for targeting, and logged a season-best 46 snaps and seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss of five yards . . . enrolled at Michigan State on Jan. 11, 2016, for the beginning of the spring semester and participated in spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation’s top inside linebackers by Rivals.com (No. 27) and 247Sports.com (No. 42) . . . listed among the country’s top outside linebackers by Scout.com (No. 69) . . . rated among Ohio’s top seniors by Rivals.com (No. 30) and 247Sports.com (No. 45) . . . named to The Associated Press Division I All-Ohio first team in 2015 . . . three-year starter for Coach Ray Hradek at Berea-Midpark High School in Berea, Ohio . . . led the Titans in tackles (89), tackles for loss (14.5), quarterback hurries (9) and rushing touchdowns (14) as a senior . . . recorded 89 tackles (60 solos, 29 assists) in 2015 . . . also credited with three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles . . . registered at least one tackle for loss in eight games . . . produced double-figure tackles in four games, including a career-best 19 stops vs. Midview (12 solos, 7 assists) . . . posted 11 tackles vs. West Lake (8 solos, 3 assists), including a career-high three for losses . . . made 10 stops vs. Avon (9 solos, 1 assist) and 17 tackles vs. Olmsted Falls (9 solos, 8 assists) . . . accounted for 606 all-purpose yards and 17 TDs as a senior . . . rushed 42 times for 236 yards (5.6 avg.) and a school-record 14 scores . . . had 13 catches for 304 yards (23.4 avg.) and 3 TDs . . . turned in perhaps his best all-around effort vs. North Olmsted, producing 154 all-purpose yards while scoring a school-record six TDs (school-record 5 rushing and 1 receiving) to go along with six tackles, with two resulting in losses including a sack . . . carried 10 times for a career-best 91 yards vs. North Olmsted . . . tallied 93 tackles (62 solos, 31 assists), including 8.5 for losses, and two interceptions as a junior . . . gained 155 yards on 37 attempts (4.2 avg.) and scored 12 rushing TDs in 2014 . . . ran eight times for 62 yards and three scores vs. Steele . . . caught nine passes for 148 yards (16.4 avg.) and two TDs as a junior . . . recorded more than 100 all-purpose yards in back-to-back games vs. Steele (116) and Avon Lake (101) . . . scored a school-record 33 career rushing TDs . . . also lettered in basketball and baseball for the Titans, earning all-conference honors in both sports as a junior . . . son of Joe and Kristin Bachie . . . born Feb. 26, 1998 . . . interdisciplinary studies in social science - human capital and society major.
