Player Dossier

2024-2025

SMU

Brandon Booker

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.3

Efficiency

26.3

Consistency

12.8

Season Value

13.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Brandon Booker, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · SMU. Brandon Booker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

SMU paired 0 primary output with 6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26.3 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: Louisville

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · SMU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

26.3

Usage

5.3

Consistency

12.8

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. Unknown: 0. Baylor: 0.5. Missouri State: 1. TCU: 0. Syracuse: 0. Stanford: 0. Clemson: 0.5. Wake Forest: 2. Miami: 0. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 1.5. California: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 7 by 29.2. Unknown: 5 by 20.8. Baylor: 8 by 38.3. Missouri State: 5 by 30.8. TCU: 8 by 33.3. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Stanford: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 4 by 21.7. Wake Forest: 4 by 36.7. Miami: 5 by 20.8. Boston College: 0 by 0. Louisville: 8 by 48.3. California: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.4 · n=8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · n=4 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=7 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · n=6 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 1/3vs ArizonaW 24-1974000
Sun 11/30@ CaliforniaL 35-3882000
Sat 11/22vs LouisvilleW 38-6851.5000
Sat 11/8@ Boston CollegeW 45-1300000
Sat 11/1vs MiamiW 26-2051000
Sat 10/25@ Wake ForestL 12-1342002
Sat 10/18@ ClemsonW 35-24420.5000
Sat 10/11vs StanfordW 34-1041000
Sat 10/4vs SyracuseW 31-1831000
Sat 9/20@ TCUL 24-3581000
Sat 9/13@ Missouri StateW 28-10510.500.500
Sat 9/6vs BaylorL 45-48820.5000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown54000

Career Arc

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

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    SMU

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonSMU061
2024 Regular SeasonSMU0610
2025 PostseasonSMU5.526.35.35.5
2025 Regular SeasonSMU5.526.35.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Louisville

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#2

Wake Forest

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#3

Missouri State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.5 takeover score.

#4

Baylor

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23.7 takeover score.

#5

Clemson

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · SMU

0 primary output · 6 efficiency · 1 usage

35.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · SMU

35.7

0 primary · 6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · SMU

13.3

5.5 primary · 26.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8706

DeSoto · DeSoto, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

79

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
79