Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 240 lb · Plymouth, MN · Robbinsdale Armstrong
Thomas Barber: LB · Minnesota · #41.
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Thomas Barber
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons at Minnesota, two different head coaches: Tracy Claeys and P.J. Fleck. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Nebraska — Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs South Dakota State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35@ Fresno State | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Purdue | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Nebraska | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-10vs Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26vs No. 5 Penn State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-23@ No. 23 Iowa | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-22@ Northwestern | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-38vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24@ No. 9 Auburn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 35 | 5.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2019
W 34-7
vs Nebraska
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Dominant 27-point win at home against Nebraska.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%5 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups66 tackles · 5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
37.2%
322 pass / 544 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Minnesota, 268 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 44 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
