Thomas Booker: DE · Stanford · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Thomas Booker
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Four seasons in the Stanford defensive front to date. Named All-Pac-12 two seasons running, most recently in 2021. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oregon State — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-24vs Kansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-28@ No. 14 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 No. 24 UCLA | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs No. 3 Oregon | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-28@ No. 22 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 No. 5 Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 28 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
3%2 sacksTFL rate
8%5 TFLHurry rate
10%6 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
20%2 of 8 pressures59 tackles · 5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
4 seasons under David Shaw — 20-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 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
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
53.6%
372 pass / 322 run
Plays / game
57.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #108 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Stanford, 10 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #150 overall by the Houston Texans.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 5th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 5th NFL season
