In a draft that moved pretty fast, the Dallas Cowboys selected offensive guard Tyler Booker with the 12th overall pick.
We’ve all been playing a guessing game over the last three months, trying to figure out who was going to be available when Dallas was on the clock. Well, now we know.
Tyler Booker was a two-time captain at IMG, Booker drew national attention from multiple universities, eventually landing at Alabama because he wanted to learn from then-coach Nick Saban.
After losing Zack Martin to retirement this offseason, the Cowboys have made a first-round investment at guard to replace him. It is the safe pick for this football team and probably the right one for right now, but this offense still needs firepower.
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Booker has issues getting out in space. His speed and acceleration are well below average, but to sit here and tell you I watched enough tape on him would be a lie, so I am not sure what they are getting in him 100%.
From the sounds on Twitter, it sounds like people are 50/50 with this pick.
Booker allowed only one sack across 970 pass-blocking snaps in college.
During the 2024 season, he only had 6 blown blocks on 740 blocking plays – his blown block percentage of 0.8% was the 2nd-lowest in the SEC. A small uptick in penalties this past season (7) after having 4 total penalties from 2022-23.
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He only allowed 1 sack in 970 pass-blocking plays during his college career. He did see an uptick in penalties this past season (7) after having 4 total penalties from 2022-23.
New head man Schotty loves to run football, but with Miles Sanders and Javonte Williams, they may need the best offensive line in the world.
If the Cowboys front office does one thing right it is drafting offensive lineman, and let’s hope Booker can become the next Zack Martin.
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I commented a couple times here on Booker. Last comment, I wrote Booker was a great option in the first round but thought they could have traded down to around 20-24. In that case they could have picked up another pick somewhere.
That said, I guess they wanted this guy badly didn’t want to chance it and plunged at 12. I like the pick. Super safe and filled a huge hole when Zach retired. He will instantly make the O-line better. High character, leadership ability, and he just destroys whoever is in front of him and then looks for more, though the whistle and a little more. Now get the WR, DT, RB.
I will take what the guys at the Draft Show have to say about him, as well as the draft experts. You are probably not the best guy to be writing the story.
Just like they all said Sanders should have been the first overall pick and he fell out of the first round, yeah, those guys are always right!
“ the guys at the Draft Show”
Who?