Tristan Sinclair

Former linebacker at Stanford. 2024: 77 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Stanford · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 221 lb · Alamo, CA

CFB Index 62 · #184 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceStanford 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 240 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Stanford. 2024: 77 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Stanford in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Stanford, 214 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20193 games

Signed with Stanford4-star out of San Ramon Valley

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#240 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

David Shaw

Stanford

2021–2022

David Shaw

Stanford

2023–2024

Troy Taylor

Stanford

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: David Shaw → Troy Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Balanced

2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #184 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#175 / 2892 · 94th pct

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#211 / 2892 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#361 / 2892 · 87th pct

6.5

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	8.8	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road6g	5.5	0.5	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.8	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	7.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

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 · 2024

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #184 of 571 LBs

Former four-star. Now #184 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Stanford	77	40	6.5	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Stanford	65	33	5.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Stanford	37	20	1.0	0.5	--	1	--
2021	Stanford	28	14	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Stanford	7	5	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		214	112	15.0	3.5	2	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34vs TCU	5	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 41-7vs Cal Poly	6	2	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-24@ Syracuse	8	7	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 14-40@ Clemson	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 7-31vs Virginia Tech	12	6	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 7	L 7-49@ Notre Dame	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-40vs SMU	12	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Wake Forest	9	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 28-59@ NC State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-24@ California	9	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 31-34@ San José State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		77	40	6.5	2.0	—	1

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

Tristan Sinclair

20193 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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