Thomas Booker, 2021
Photo: Chad Kainz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Stanford, 2018–⁠21

Thomas Booker

Number
No. 4
Height
6′4″
Weight
310 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Ellicott City, MD
Born
Nov 11, 1999

Thomas Booker played defensive end at Stanford (2018–⁠21). The Houston Texans took Booker in round 5, No. 150 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
59
Tackles, 2021 (Stanford, 3–⁠9)
Drafted
No. 150
Round 5, 2022 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

10tackles, career highvs. UCLA, 20212sacks, career highat Oregon State, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2018Stanford291443.5121
2019Stanford50328.54032
2020Stanford211531020
2021Stanford592851.5016
Career1598920.510189

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Stanford4DEYr 1
2019Stanford4DEYr 2
2020Stanford4DEYr 3
2021Stanford4DEJr. (Yr 4)6′4″310

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Stanford 12 games, 59 tackles, 1.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.Kansas StateL 7–⁠24310.5000
Sep 11atUSCW 42–⁠28620000
Sep 18atVanderbiltW 41–⁠23430.5000
Sep 25vs.UCLAL 24–⁠351031.51.500
Oct 2vs.OregonW 31–⁠24640000
Oct 8atArizona StateL 10–⁠28311000
Oct 16atWashington StateL 31–⁠34431000
Oct 30vs.WashingtonL 13–⁠20630000
Nov 5vs.UtahL 7–⁠52430001
Nov 13atOregon StateL 14–⁠35940.5000
Nov 20vs.CaliforniaL 11–⁠41210000
Nov 27vs.Notre DameL 14–⁠45200000
2020 Stanford 6 games, 21 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7atOregonL 14–⁠35331000
Nov 14vs.ColoradoL 32–⁠35840000
Nov 27atCaliforniaW 24–⁠23211100
Dec 5atWashingtonW 31–⁠26110000
Dec 12atOregon StateW 27–⁠24220001
Dec 19atUCLAW 48–⁠47541001
2019 Stanford 12 games, 50 tackles, 4 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.NorthwesternW 17–⁠7220000
Sep 7atUSCL 20–⁠45200.5000
Sep 14atUCFL 27–⁠45740.5000
Sep 21vs.OregonL 6–⁠21220000
Sep 28atOregon StateW 31–⁠28852200
Oct 5vs.WashingtonW 23–⁠13200000
Oct 17vs.UCLAL 16–⁠34931.5000
Oct 26vs.ArizonaW 41–⁠31542100
Nov 9atColoradoL 13–⁠16550000
Nov 16atWashington StateL 22–⁠49211100
Nov 23vs.CaliforniaL 20–⁠24331001
Nov 30vs.Notre DameL 24–⁠45330002
2018 Stanford 11 games, 29 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.San Diego StateW 31–⁠10421100
Sep 15vs.UC DavisW 30–⁠10100010
Sep 22atOregonW 38–⁠31100000
Oct 6vs.UtahL 21–⁠40420000
Oct 18atArizona StateW 20–⁠13310000
Oct 27vs.Washington StateL 38–⁠41211100
Nov 3atWashingtonL 23–⁠27310.50.500
Nov 10vs.Oregon StateW 48–⁠17111100
Nov 24atUCLAW 49–⁠42000001
Dec 1atCaliforniaW 23–⁠13540001
Dec 31 ✦vs.PittsburghW 14–⁠13520.5000

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022Combine or pro day 2022
Height6′3⅜″
Weight301 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅝″
Wingspan79⅞″W
40-yard dash4.94 s
10-yard split1.69 s
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press31 repsW
3-cone drill7.33 s
20-yard shuttle4.41 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 39 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2022Houston Texans9120.50
2024Philadelphia Eagles81710
2025Las Vegas Raiders174400
2026 (so far)Las Vegas Raiders5900
NFL career39821.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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