{"id":50753,"date":"2025-04-25T07:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50753"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:03:59","slug":"who-is-tyler-booker-five-things-to-know-about-the-dallas-cowboys-first-round-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50753","title":{"rendered":"Who is Tyler Booker? Five things to know about the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 first-round selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>Another NFL draft, another Tyler selected by the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas opted to bolster its offensive line with its first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, taking Alabama offensive guard Tyler Booker. It seems like a trend as Dallas notably took linemen Tyler Smith (2022) and Tyler Guyton (2024) with their first picks in recent years.<\/p>\n<article id=\"related-story-embed-JCGCIFS35NEVZP73TBLYP7ODOE\" data-oembed-type=\"related-story\"><label>Related:<\/label>Dallas Cowboys select Alabama OG Tyler Booker with 12th overall pick in 2025 NFL draft<\/article>\n<p>Here are five things to know about Booker, the 12th pick in this year\u2019s draft:<\/p>\n<h2>1. The basics<\/h2>\n<p><b>Name:<\/b> Tyler Booker<\/p>\n<p><b>Position:<\/b> OG<\/p>\n<p><b>Height:<\/b> 6-5 <b>Weight:<\/b> 321 pounds<\/p>\n<p><b>College:<\/b> Alabama<\/p>\n<p><b>Hometown:<\/b> New Haven, Conn.<\/p>\n<p><b>High school:<\/b> IMG Academy<\/p>\n<h2>2. He\u2019s a Saban guy<\/h2>\n<p>One of college football\u2019s greatest coaches was pretty fond of Booker.<\/p>\n<p>Before his freshman campaign at Alabama in 2022, Booker had already built a strong connection with Nick Saban. Booker attended a Saban-led camp in 2015, then earned an All-Saban Team selection during a second camp visit in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Booker ultimately played under Saban for two seasons before the coach retired in 2024. Saban was on hand when Dallas selected Booker at 12th overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy is a fantastic young man. I mean, smart and you talk about a good leader,\u201d Saban told ESPN. \u201cVery physical. Very tough. Gets movement in the run. That\u2019s why people like him so much. This guy\u2019s got tremendous muscle mass, which I think is very important to being a power player in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>3. Has a familiar OL coach<\/h2>\n<p>Booker spent the pre-draft process working with a familiar name in the Dallas area. He trained with Duke Manyweather, the owner of Frisco-based OL Masterminds.<\/p>\n<p>Manyweather has worked with a number of Cowboys offensive linemen, including Zack Martin, Tyler Guyton, Tyler Smith and Cooper Beebe.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Had wild stats at Bama<\/h2>\n<p>Booker was a dominant force on Alabama\u2019s offensive line over the last two years. His most impressive campaign came in 2024, when he played a total of 778 snaps.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pro Football Focus, Booker didn\u2019t allow a sack in his final collegiate campaign. He only allowed two throughout his entire stint in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Jamming out with his new head coach<\/h2>\n<p>Booker apparently had a great time during his pre-draft visit with the Cowboys. The newest Dallas offensive lineman told reporters that he jammed out to Whitney Houston\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Dance with Somebody\u201d with Brian Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer notably made an extra effort to meet with prospects ahead of this year\u2019s draft. He already got out to a strong start with Booker.<\/p>\n<h2>More on Cowboys\u2019 selection of Tyler Booker<\/h2>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Cowboys select Alabama OG Tyler Booker with 12th overall pick in 2025 NFL draft<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Who is Tyler Booker? Five things to know about the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 first-round selection<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Booker wasn\u2019t the sexiest pick, but he was the right one for Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 How Tyler Booker fits player profile Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer is looking for<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cowboys\u2019 Tyler Booker doesn\u2019t have to be a Hall of Famer, just better than his draft peers<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National reaction to Cowboys\u2019 No. 12 draft pick: Add another to the \u2018Great Wall of Tyler\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Tyler Booker quote drew exciting reaction from new Cowboys teammate Micah Parsons<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ex-Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy says he loves Dallas\u2019 first-round selection of Tyler Booker<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Listen: Tyler Booker gets the call from Cowboys after being drafted at 12th overall<\/p>\n<p>Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The SportsDay staff is a team of editors and producers on the sports desk who create content for The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas is looking to bolster its offensive line with Booker, a former Alabama standout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who is Tyler Booker? 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