Tyler Booker to Cowboys as 1st-Round Pick

Make no mistake about it, Booker is formidable.

Standing at 6-foot-4 and weighing in at 326 lbs. (per his Professional Day), his measurement and base alone make it extraordinarily difficult for opposing cross rushers and run stoppers to maneuver or get round him. Hailing from the Crimson Tide program, he is additionally very adept at defending top-tier quarterback expertise towards pro-ready competitors. Booker joins an offensive line in Dallas that waves goodbye to a retiring future Corridor of Famer in Zack Martin, and immediately turns into the seemingly successor at proper guard — combining with a promising younger middle in Cooper Beebe and, to Beebe’s left, an All-Professional left guard and former first-round decide in Tyler Smith.

Booker’s energy is simple and his palms hit with the power of one thing as soon as seen in a first-rate Tyron Smith or, extra at present, Tyler Smith, typically sending defenders into their very own nightmares along with his strikes. He’s as robust in cross safety as he’s in carving open run lanes and, for a staff that is trying to be a power with their speeding assault, Booker’s skills make prompt sense.

Although he is not probably the most athletic prospect, he is distinctive along with his method, although most of his work was carried out on the collegiate stage at left guard and, solely as of late, at proper guard, which is the place you’ll be able to pencil him in so, very like Beebe within the inverse, the Cowboys will discover themselves transitioning a premium prospect to an alternate place.

By the best way, he didn’t enable a sack in 2024.

As a associated apart, the Cowboys’ offensive line is changing into the regulation agency of Tyler, Tyler and Tyler, and this marks the third time in 4 seasons by which Dallas has chosen an O-lineman with a first-round decide. The final time they did such a factor, it concerned Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick and Zack Martin.

A two-year starter at Alabama, Booker is skilled and NFL prepared, for an offensive line that would definitely profit from his presence.