John David Booty
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Quarterback, USC, to 2007

John David Booty

Born
Jan 3, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana

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John David Booty played quarterback at USC (to 2007). The Minnesota Vikings took Booty in round 5, No. 137 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,347
Passing yards, 2006 (USC, 11–⁠2)
Best game
391 yards
Vs. Michigan, bowl season 2006: No. 2 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 137
Round 5, 2008 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Career highs

406passing yards, best game on fileat Oregon State, 20064touchdown passes, best game on filethree times; last at Arizona State, 2007

Honors

Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2006 and 2007

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2005‡USC223661.12587.232
2006USC26943661.73,3477.7299
2007USC21534063.22,3616.92310
On file (2005–⁠07)50681262.35,9667.35521

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2005‡USC3−9−3.002
2006USC33−53−1.6111
2007USC23−106−4.619
On file (2005–⁠07)59−168−2.8211

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Washington State): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2007 USC 10 games, 2,361 passing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.IdahoW 38–⁠102132206312
Sep 15atNebraskaW 49–⁠31193014420−4
Sep 22vs.Washington StateW 47–⁠14293628941−4
Sep 29atWashingtonW 27–⁠24203723612−11
Oct 6vs.StanfordL 23–⁠24244036424−29
Nov 3vs.Oregon StateW 24–⁠3193315720−33
Nov 10atCaliforniaW 24–⁠171120129106
Nov 22atArizona StateW 44–⁠24263937540−7
Dec 1vs.UCLAW 24–⁠7213620611−9
Jan 1 ✦vs.IllinoisW 49–⁠17253725531−17
2006 USC 13 games, 3,347 passing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atArkansasW 50–⁠142435261302
Sep 16vs.NebraskaW 28–⁠10253625730−2
Sep 23atArizonaW 20–⁠32439179112
Sep 30atWashington StateW 28–⁠22233226931−11
Oct 7vs.WashingtonW 26–⁠20234024311–
Oct 14vs.Arizona StateW 28–⁠21122514821−2
Oct 28atOregon StateL 31–⁠33243940631−14
Nov 4atStanfordW 42–⁠0122120330−8
Nov 11vs.OregonW 35–⁠10172621311−8
Nov 18vs.CaliforniaW 23–⁠9183123820–
Nov 25vs.Notre DameW 44–⁠24172826532−5
Dec 2atUCLAL 9–⁠13233927401−3
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 32–⁠18274539140−4
2005 USC 7 games, 258 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atHawai’iW 63–⁠1725910−3
Sep 17vs.ArkansasW 70–⁠17496010–
Oct 8vs.ArizonaW 42–⁠21332700–
Oct 22atWashingtonW 51–⁠24567111–
Nov 5vs.StanfordW 51–⁠217108600–
Nov 12atCaliforniaW 35–⁠10–––––−8
Dec 3vs.UCLAW 66–⁠19135012

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008
Height6′2⅜″
Weight218 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash4.82 s
10-yard split1.67 sW
Vertical jump22½″
Broad jump8′3″
20-yard shuttle4.58 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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