#17

Colin Schooler

Senior linebacker for Texas Tech. 2021: 107 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 230 lb · Dana Point, CA

CFB Index 56 · #233 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTexas Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 582 nationally · Signed with Arizona

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFLat Oregon (FBS) · L 28-48

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Texas Tech. 2021: 107 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2017.
Transferred from Arizona to Texas Tech in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 478 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201713 games

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Mission Viejo

202112 games

Entered the portal
All-Big 12second

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#582 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

2019Arizona4-8HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #233 of 578?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#12 / 2743 · 100th pct

QB hurries#22 / 2743 · 99th pct

Tackles#40 / 2743 · 99th pct

107

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#514 / 2743 · 80th pct

5.5

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st 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	7.0	0.4	0.0	0.5
Road6g	9.3	0.2	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.1	0.3	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	8.2	0.3	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

56 · #233 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #233 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	107	71	5.5	2.0	5	1	--
2020	Texas Tech	63	41	5.0	3.5	2	--	--
2019	Arizona	98	64	11.0	1.5	2	--	--
2018	Arizona	114	68	21.5	3.5	4	2	1
2017	Arizona	96	68	13.5	4.0	1	2	--
Career		478	312	56.5	14.5	14	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 41–38

vs Iowa State

1 TFL · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 322 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.9 · 50 rush yds (14 car) · M. Price — 9 rec · 175 yds · 1 TD

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	W 38-21@ Houston	10	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-22vs Stephen F. Austin	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 54-21vs Florida International	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 35-70@ Texas	9	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 23-20@ West Virginia	15	9	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 6	L 31-52vs TCU	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-14@ Kansas	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-25vs Kansas State	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-52@ Oklahoma	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-38vs Iowa State	6	4	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 0-23vs Oklahoma State	13	9	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 24-27@ Baylor	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	2
Total		98	63	3.5	1.0	1	5

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