Thomas Booker

Former defensive end at Stanford. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 59 tackles.

DE · Stanford · Jr. · #4

6′4″ · 310 lb · Ellicott City, MD

CFB Index 65 · #108 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceHouston — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 7, #150 overall

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 282 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Stanford. 2021: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 59 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Stanford in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Stanford, 10 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #150 overall by Houston.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201811 games

Signed with Stanford4-star out of Gilman

20206 games

All-Pac-12First Team

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12Second Team

2022

Drafted by Houstonround 5, pick 150

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#282 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #150

Houston · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

David Shaw

Stanford

Played his entire career under David Shaw.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

#150Rd 5 · Pick 7

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Shaw — 20-23 over that span.

2018Stanford9-4HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #108 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#97 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles#426 / 2743 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#592 / 2743 · 77th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#677 / 2743 · 75th pct

Sacks#704 / 2743 · 72nd pct

1.5

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road6g	4.8	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #108 of 370 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #108 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Stanford	59	28	5.0	1.5	1	--	--
2020	Stanford	21	15	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2019	Stanford	50	32	8.5	4.0	3	--	--
2018	Stanford	29	14	4.0	3.5	2	1	--
Career		159	89	20.5	10.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 31–24

vs Oregon

1 QB HUR · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With R. Sanborn — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · T. McKee — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.0 · 14 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-24@ Kansas State	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-28@ USC	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-23@ Vanderbilt	4	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-35vs UCLA	10	3	1.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	W 31-24vs Oregon	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-28@ Arizona State	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Washington State	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-20vs Washington	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 7-52vs Utah	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 14-35@ Oregon State	9	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 11-41vs California	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-45vs Notre Dame	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		59	28	5.0	1.5	—	1

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