Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025SMU
Brandon Booker
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
Player Story
Brandon Booker built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Desoto, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Brandon Booker's career was his defensive production: 79...
Read the storyBrandon Booker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Brandon Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 79
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Brandon Booker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 79
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- Louisville
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · LB 170th (top 14%) · ACC 33rd (top 5%) · National 282nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | SMU | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 62 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 54.9 |
Related Context
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Brandon Booker played LB for SMU. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brandon Booker recorded 79 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
SMU paired 9.5 primary output with 29.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · SMU
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. BYU: 0. Louisville: 0. Stanford: 0. Duke: 0. Boston College: 0. California: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Stanford
Player Story
Brandon Booker story
Brandon Booker built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Desoto, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Brandon Booker's career was his defensive production: 79 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Brandon Booker's production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon Booker moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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SMU
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | SMU | 0 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 9.5 | 29.4 | 6.2 | 9.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 9.5 | 29.4 | 6.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 25 Louisville
Week 13 · W 38-6 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 108 Missouri State
Week 3 · W 28-10
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 37 TCU
Week 4 · L 24-35
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Havoc Plays
58 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 9 · L 12-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 71 Baylor
Week 2 · L 45-48
0.5
Havoc Plays
43 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · SMU
9.5 primary output · 29.4 efficiency · 6.2 usage
54.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · SMU
54.9
9.5 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · SMU
38.2
0 primary · 6 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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