Sean Barton: ILB · Stanford · #27.
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Sean Barton
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Stanford linebacker corps to date. On tape: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Washington State, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
91 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10vs San Diego State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-3vs No. 17 USC | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-10vs UC Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-31@ No. 20 Oregon | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-40vs Utah | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13@ Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-41vs No. 14 Washington State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-27@ Washington | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-17vs Oregon State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-42@ UCLA | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-13@ California | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 14-13vs Pittsburgh | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 91 | 47 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
91tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups91 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under David Shaw — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
52.5%
420 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
61.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
91 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 141 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
