Player Dossier

2018-2024

SMU

Anthony Booker Jr.

DT • 6'4" • 351 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Booker Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Oregon • Maryland • Arkansas • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Anthony Booker Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Arkansas, Maryland, Oregon, and SMU. The clearest part of Anthony Booker...

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Anthony Booker Jr., DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Maryland. Anthony Booker Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
12.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Anthony Booker Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · DT
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 9 entries · 39 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Rutgers
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DT 137th (top 59%) · ACC 349th (top 46%) · National 2,739th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOregon00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland35201-037.3
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland481.50--018
2021 PostseasonMaryland5110--012.8
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland58-0--012.8
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland102542-1044.1
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas91920.51-024.5
2024 PostseasonSMU8210--022
2024 Regular SeasonSMU89101-122

Related Context

Anthony Booker Jr. played DT for Oregon, Maryland, Arkansas, and SMU. Across 7 tracked seasons, Anthony Booker Jr. recorded 77 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Maryland paired 7 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon, Maryland, Arkansas, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

16.9

Usage

3.3

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Howard: 1. Rutgers: 2. Minnesota: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 2 by 18.3. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 10/26@ MinnesotaL 10-5210000
Sat 10/5@ RutgersSplash gameW 48-722100
Sat 8/31vs HowardW 79-022100

Player Story

Anthony Booker Jr. story

Anthony Booker Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Arkansas, Maryland, Oregon, and SMU. The clearest part of Anthony Booker Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Booker Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oregon

    2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Maryland

    2019-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Arkansas

    2023

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    SMU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOregon0
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland316.93.33
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland1.512.13.6-1.5
2021 PostseasonMaryland19.52.5-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland19.52.50
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland717.45.56
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas3.512.72.9-3.5
2024 PostseasonSMU39.52.8-0.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU39.52.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 13 · W 37-0 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 8 · L 3-43 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 4 · L 27-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

@ Nevada

Week 1 · W 29-24

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Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Maryland

7 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 5.5 usage

44.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Maryland

37.3

3 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Arkansas

24.5

3.5 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games