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Booty prepped at the [[Evangel Christian Academy]] in Shreveport, LA but left a year early after his father (who was the team's quarterback coach) left the staff, having already earned enough credits to graduate.<ref>{{cite web | title = Legends of HS Football: Josh & Abram Booty | work = NFLHS.com | url = http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/Legends_JoshBooty_11142005_lcb.asp | accessdate = 23 November | accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> Despite leaving after his junior year, Booty's final passing stats were 8,474 yards on 555 of 864 attempts (64.2%) with 88 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. Booty succeeded his brother |
Booty prepped at the [[Evangel Christian Academy]] in Shreveport, LA but left a year early after his father (who was the team's quarterback coach) left the staff, having already earned enough credits to graduate.<ref>{{cite web | title = Legends of HS Football: Josh & Abram Booty | work = NFLHS.com | url = http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/Legends_JoshBooty_11142005_lcb.asp | accessdate = 23 November | accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> Despite leaving after his junior year, Booty's final passing stats were 8,474 yards on 555 of 864 attempts (64.2%) with 88 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. Booty succeeded his brother [[Josh Booty|Josh]], former Miami quarterback [[Brock Berlin]] In 2001 and 2002 he led Evangel Christian Academy to state-championship game victories held at the [[Louisiana Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=LAT080507>Gary Klein,[http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-usc5aug05,1,7401160.story Booty could engineer a happy 'dome-coming], ''Los Angeles Times'', August 5, 2007</ref> |
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Booty is believed to be the first player ever to leave high school a whole year early to play college football. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2003-07-09-evangel-booty_x.htm| title = QB skips senior year to get jump on college| accessdate = 2006-06-19| year = 2003| publisher = USA Today}}</ref> |
Booty is believed to be the first player ever to leave high school a whole year early to play college football. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2003-07-09-evangel-booty_x.htm| title = QB skips senior year to get jump on college| accessdate = 2006-06-19| year = 2003| publisher = USA Today}}</ref> |
Revision as of 01:02, 30 September 2007
John David Booty | |
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College | Southern California |
Conference | Pac 10 |
Sport | Football |
Position | Quarterback |
Jersey # | 10 |
Class | Redshirt Senior |
Career | 2003–present |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Nationality | USA |
Born | Shreveport, Louisiana | January 3, 1985
High school | Evangel Christian Academy, Shreveport, Louisiana |
John David Booty (born January 3, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.) is the starting quarterback of the University of Southern California (USC) football team. He is called "John David" Booty because his father's name is John Booty, and sometimes referred to as J.D.[1]
College career
2003-2005
Although he entered USC as a highly regarded quarterback prospect, Booty spent his first three years at USC as the back-up to eventual Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, who had replaced former Heisman winner Carson Palmer. When he arrived at USC, the competition for the starting quarterback in the 2003 season had not seen any particular player separating themselves from the pack, so when Matt Leinart was eventually chosen as the starter there was some question as to whether he would merely hold the starting position until Booty could learn the offense.[1]
Booty had back surgery to repair a bulging disc in his spine at the end of March 2006, but fully recovered and earned the starting spot for the 2006 season.
2006
Booty entered the 2006 season as a redshirt junior, despite being the age of most seniors and his college credits were closer to senior status.
At the beginning of the 2006 season, Booty was one of 15 players on the official watch list for the Maxwell Award for the best player in college football, although the list states that it "may change without notice based on performance ... during the 2006 season and is not designed to represent an all-inclusive listing of eligible candidates for the collegiate football awards presented by the Maxwell Football Club."[2]
In the 2006 season, Booty was ranked the 10th best quarterback in college football and the #1 quarterback in the PAC-10 by Rivals.com.[3]
He started all of the games for the USC Trojans at quarterback in 2006 and was named to the rivals.com and Pacific 10 conference coaches 2006 All Pac-10 team First Team[4].
On September 18, 2006, USC's sports information director, Tim Tessalone, sent a formal letter to ESPN and a copy to the Pacific Ten Conference complaining that Brent Musburger revealed privileged information in his broadcast of the September 16, 2006 NCAA football game in which the USC Trojans hosted the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Musburger disclosed that he learned from a pre-game conversation with Booty a signal Booty uses to pass to receivers. USC claims this information was for private background purposes only.
Booty led the Trojans to a victory over Michigan in the 2007 Rose Bowl, throwing for 391 yards and four touchdowns.[5]
2007
Booty chose to return for the 2007 season, forgoing the NFL Draft.[6] Rivals.com named him one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season,[7], Sports Illustrated as one of the "Top 20 Players Heading Into 2007"[8], and he is considered a front-runner for the 2007 Heisman Trophy.[9][10][5]
Booty was a 2007 preseason All-American for Athlon, The Sporting News, and Blue Ribbon and was on the 2007 Maxwell Award and Manning Award watch list. In the summer before the season, he worked out with Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.[11]
High school career
Booty prepped at the Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, LA but left a year early after his father (who was the team's quarterback coach) left the staff, having already earned enough credits to graduate.[12] Despite leaving after his junior year, Booty's final passing stats were 8,474 yards on 555 of 864 attempts (64.2%) with 88 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. Booty succeeded his brother Josh, former Miami quarterback Brock Berlin In 2001 and 2002 he led Evangel Christian Academy to state-championship game victories held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.[13]
Booty is believed to be the first player ever to leave high school a whole year early to play college football. [14]
Personal
- He is the younger brother of former Oakland Raiders quarterback Josh Booty (who threw for 3,951 yards and 24 touchdowns during two years with LSU's football team) and former LSU wide receiver Abram Booty (who caught 117 passes for 1,768 yards during three years at LSU).
- He is from the same hometown as Terry Bradshaw and Tommy Maddox.
- Booty was roommates with then-USC center Ryan Kalil during the 2006 season.
References
- ^ a b David Leon Moore, Booty carrying on USC's quarterback tradition, USA TODAY, August 3, 2007.
- ^ "College Player Watch List". Maxwell Football Club. 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
- ^ "2006 Quarterback Rankings". Rivals.com. 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ^ . 2006 All Pac-10 team, scout.com, November 27, 2006.
- ^ a b Gene Menez, Heisman Watch: Early fix, CNNSI.com, April 24, 2007.
- ^ Gary Klein, Trojans won't lose as many to the NFL, The Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2006, Accessed 12/10/06.
- ^ Rivals.com's QB Power Rankings, CNNSI.com, April 2, 2007.
- ^ Top 20 Players Heading Into 2007, CNNSI.com, April 24, 2007.
- ^ Kyle Bunch, Your 2007 Heisman Frontrunner: John David Booty, AOL FanHouse, January 1, 2007, Accessed 01/01/07.
- ^ Gary Klein, USC begins spring football practice, Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2007.
- ^ Ivan Maisel, I-Formation breaks the huddle on the 2007 season, ESPN.com, August 30, 2007.
- ^ "Legends of HS Football: Josh & Abram Booty". NFLHS.com. Retrieved 23 November.
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- ^ "QB skips senior year to get jump on college". USA Today. 2003. Retrieved 2006-06-19.
External links
- John David Booty official University of Southern California profile
- John David Booty at ESPN.com