Last confirmed: Stanford, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Coppell, TX
Solomon Thomas: DE · Stanford · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Solomon Thomas
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Rice — Week 13, 2016.
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
61 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Stanford | 61 | 40 | 14.0 | 8.0 |
| Career | 61 | 40 | 14.0 | 8.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-13vs Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs USC | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 22-13@ UCLA | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-44@ No. 10 Washington | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-42vs Washington State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-10@ Notre Dame | 12 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 5-10vs Colorado | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-10@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | W 26-15vs Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 52-27@ Oregon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-31@ California | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Rice | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 25-23@ North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 40 | 14.0 | 8.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2016
W 17-10
at Notre Dame
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 12 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%8 sacksTFL rate
23%14 TFLHurry rate
11%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
53%8 of 15 pressures61 tackles · 14 for loss · 8 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
37.1%
303 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
341 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
61 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #3 overall.
How it ended
One season at Stanford, 8 sacks — drafted at #3 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Where he ended up · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
