Brandon Booker
SMU Mustangs
79
Solid

Brandon Booker

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Projected Starter

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Brandon Booker is the projected starter at MLB for SMU Mustangs.

Junior · #28 · 6'1", 225 lbs

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Depth at MLB · SMU Mustangs

  1. 12879Brandon BookerStarter
  2. 22972Brandon Miyazono
  3. 34649Xavier Wright

SMU Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of DeSoto, ranked #899 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 69 tackles, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #899 Natl2-Yr Total79 tackles · 0.5 sacksTeam Share6%Percentile84th
Desoto, TX
Jersey
#28
Class
JR
Height
6'1"
Weight
225 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20256930.5
20241000

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8706
National Rank
#899
High School
DeSoto
Hometown
DeSoto, TX

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 84th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3WBCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 25-16

Sep 27WMOSTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
1.5
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 34-24

Sep 19LLOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-31

Sep 7WFSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Brandon Booker's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

69 tkl · 3 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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