Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Stanford
Sean Barton
ILB • 6'3" • 224 lbs • North Salt Lake, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sean Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Sean Barton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from North Salt Lake, UT wearing No. 27, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Sean Barton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Sean Barton, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Stanford. Sean Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Sean Barton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Stanford
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Woods Cross · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Woods Cross · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 91 tackles · ILB 4th (top 17%) · Pac-12 12th (top 3%) · National 102nd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Stanford | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 12 | 35 | 5.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Stanford | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 13 | 83 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 66.4 |
Related Context
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Sean Barton played ILB for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sean Barton recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Stanford paired 10.5 primary output with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Stanford
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
37.3
Usage
8.3
Consistency
59.7
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 1. San Diego State: 0. USC: 2. UC Davis: 0. Oregon: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Utah: 0. Arizona State: 1. Washington State: 0.5. Washington: 1. Oregon State: 1. UCLA: 2. California: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 8 by 43.3. San Diego State: 9 by 37.5. USC: 10 by 61.7. UC Davis: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 8 by 33.3. Notre Dame: 9 by 47.5. Utah: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 4 by 26.7. Washington State: 10 by 46.7. Washington: 7 by 39.2. Oregon State: 4 by 26.7. UCLA: 7 by 49.2. California: 9 by 47.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.9 · Games = 9 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs USC
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/31 | @ Pittsburgh | W 14-13 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/1 | @ California | W 23-13 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | @ UCLASplash game | W 49-42 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Oregon State | W 48-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Washington | L 23-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Washington State10+ tackles | L 38-41 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/19 | @ Arizona State | W 20-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Utah | L 21-40 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Notre Dame | L 17-38 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Oregon | W 38-31 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs UC Davis | W 30-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | vs USC10+ tackles · Splash game | W 17-3 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs San Diego State | W 31-10 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sean Barton story
Sean Barton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from North Salt Lake, UT wearing No. 27, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Sean Barton's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Sean Barton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Stanford
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162016201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Stanford | 7.5 | 18.7 | 5.4 | 7.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 7.5 | 18.7 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 2 | 26.1 | 7.2 | -5.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Stanford | 10.5 | 37.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 10.5 | 37.3 | 8.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs USC
Week 2 · W 17-3 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Rice
Week 1 · W 62-7
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 49-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#4
@ California
Week 12 · W 45-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Arizona
Week 9 · W 34-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Stanford
10.5 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Stanford
66.4
10.5 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Stanford
37.2
7.5 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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