Ohio State 2014-2018 LB - Dante Booker

DANTE BOOKER

Entering his junior season, Dante Booker is set to emerge from the shadow that was Joshua Perry's run as a three-year starter at outside linebacker.

Ohio's Mr. Football in 2013, Booker arrived in Columbus via Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary as the nation's No. 2 outside linebacker according to 24/7 Sports.

A special teams fixture over the last few seasons, Booker tallied 22 tackles in 2015 and saw extensive action in Ohio State's Black Saturday win over Penn State after Perry left the field with a flat tire.

Booker was maybe a little too hype for his extended duty versus the Nittany Lions but from my 11-inches worth of bench in the Shoe alongside Ramzy and Jason, I saw an incredibly fast, athletic kid flying around looking to make plays.

Booker's biggest fan might be stud middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan which makes me feel even better about my expectation for Booker to flirt with all-conference honors while finishing absolutely no worse than third and presumably second on the team in total tackles.

 

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Luke Fickell on Will linebacker Dante Booker: "Dante is as talented as we’ve had. ... He's off the chart."

— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) August 9, 2016

 

🏕🏈🔦 LB Dante Booker

🗣“He’s a grinder, he works his tail off." -@CoachFick

🔗https://t.co/CkNVPc1iQe#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/ppbGti97ta

— Ohio State Buckeyes 🌰 (@OhioStAthletics) August 10, 2016

 

Dante Booker unfazed by big shoes to fill at LB. “It’s definitely exciting, but I just keep the same mindset." https://t.co/UOYkExzP6z

— Eleven Warriors (@11W) August 14, 2016

 

Ohio State football: St. V-M graduate Dante Booker expected to assume key role for #Buckeyes https://t.co/4BHTTE0dhZ via @MRidenourABJ

— Ron Ledgard (@RonLedgard) August 14, 2016

 

3. Will linebacker Dante Booker
Dante Booker has spent his entire Buckeye career behind Joshua Perry. He certainly learned a lot from Perry, but now he will have to show his work on every single down. Booker is a guy who has let the moments get the best of him in the past, but that can't happen anymore. Perhaps with the amount of experience he is going to gain here pretty quickly, that will no longer be a concern.

 

Bad news is OLB Dante Booker has a knee sprain (probably week to week)

 

Coach Meyer stated Booker is questionable with a knee sprain this week........

Most likely will not see him reading between the lines...........

 

#OhioState LB Dante Booker OUT for today's game against #Tulsa https://t.co/La8DJsVfC7 pic.twitter.com/dcud6OVOsa

— Bucknuts (@Bucknuts247) September 10, 2016

 

Urban Meyer says Ohio State linebacker Dante Booker is back to being questionable (MCL sprain). Didn’t practice much today.

 

Dante Booker is dressed for Ohio State but not working with the first team in warmups. pic.twitter.com/hgG2uLPR2F

— Tim Moody (@TimLMoody) October 1, 2016

 

Meyer also said LB Danto Booker (knee sprain) is still questionable which has been the case since he was hurt game one.

— Tim May (@TIM_MAYsports) October 13, 2016