Player Dossier

2014-2018

Ohio State

Dante Booker

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dante Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Dante Booker built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Akron, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Dante Booker's career was his defensive production: 45...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.9743

St. Vincent-St. Mary · Akron, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Dante Booker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ohio State. Dante Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
45
TFL
8
Sacks
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Dante Booker quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · LB
Career Tackles
45
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
4-star · St. Vincent-St. Mary · Ohio State
High school pipeline
St. Vincent-St. Mary · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
12 tackles · LB 665th (top 57%) · Big Ten 261st (top 43%) · National 2,465th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State12-0--040.5
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State93152-1046.8
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State61231--023.8

Related Context

Dante Booker played LB for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dante Booker recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 9 primary output with 24.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

15

Usage

3.6

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. TCU: 0. Tulane: 4. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 0. Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 4 by 56.7. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -1.3 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 11/24vs MichiganW 62-3921000
Sat 11/17@ MarylandW 52-5111000
Sat 11/10@ Michigan StateW 26-610000
Sat 9/22vs TulaneSplash gameW 49-644310
Sun 9/16@ TCUW 40-2810000
Sat 9/1vs Oregon StateW 77-3131000

Player Story

Dante Booker story

Dante Booker built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Akron, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Dante Booker's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 16 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dante Booker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State08.31.60
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State924.45.89
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State4153.6-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rutgers

Week 5 · W 56-0 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulane

Week 4 · W 49-6

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 6 · W 62-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 9 · W 39-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

39.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Nebraska

Week 7 · W 56-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

26.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

9 primary output · 24.4 efficiency · 5.8 usage

46.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Ohio State

40.5

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Ohio State

23.8

4 primary · 15 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games