Thomas Booker Season 2019

Career Accolades

• 2022 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
• William V. Campbell Trophy finalist (2021)
• Senior CLASS Award first team (2021)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America first team (2020, 2021)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020, 2021)
• All-Pac-12 first team all purpose/special teams - Coaches (2020)
• All-Pac-12 second team defensive line - Coaches, Phil Steele (2021)
• All-Pac-12 second team defensive line - Coaches, Phil Steele (2020)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 30, 2020)
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention - Coaches (2019)
• Pacific Takes Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018)
• Jimmy Rogers, Jr. Most Valuable Lineman of Sun Bowl (2018)
• 247 Sports True Freshman All-America Team (2018)
• Three-Time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2019-21)
• Two-time team captain (2020-21)
• Outstanding Senior Award (2021)
• Phil Moffatt Award (2020)
• Frank Rehm Award (2020)

As a Senior (2021)

• All-Pac-12 second team defensive line - Coaches, Phil Steele
• William V. Campbell Trophy finalist
• Senior CLASS Award first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Lott IMPACT Trophy quarterfinalist
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Outstanding Senior Award 
• Team Captain
• Stanford Defensive Player of the Game (Week 3, Vanderbilt)
• Started all 12 games of the season
• Made a career high 59 tackles, with 5.0 TFLs
• Added 1.5 sacks, six QB hurries and a pass breakup
• Had four tackles, two solo, in the win at No. 14 USC (Sept. 11)
• Had 0.5 TFL, four total, and a QB hurry at Vanderbilt (Sept. 18)
• Had a career day against No. 24 UCLA, posting a career-high 10 tackles, with 1.5 sacks (Sept. 25)
• Blocked a PAT, the third of his career, and made four tackles at Washington State (Oct. 16)
• Made nine tackles, 0.5 for a loss, with two QB hurries against Oregon State (Nov. 13)

As a Junior (2020)

• All-Pac-12 first team all purpose/special teams (Coaches)
• All-Pac-12 second team defensive line (Coaches, Phil Steele)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
• Phil Moffatt Award, given to most outstanding special teams player
• Frank Rehm Award, given to most outstanding players of Big Game
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 30)
• Lott IMPACT Trophy semifinalist
• Team Captain
• Played in and started all six games
• Finished the season with 21 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack
• Added two pass breakups, one fumble recovery and two blocked PATs
• Blocked what would have been the game-tying extra point with 58 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to seal a 24-23 victory over California in the 123rd Big Game ... also recovered his second career fumble in the win over the Golden Bears (Nov. 27)
• Blocked his second PAT attempt of the season, including the second in as many games, at No. 23 Washington (Dec. 5)
• Collected five tackles, including four solo and one for loss, and a pass breakup in a double-overtime win at UCLA (Dec. 19)

As a Sophomore (2019)

• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 12 games and started six
• Finished fourth on the team with 50 tackles, was third with four sacks and third with 8.5 tackles for loss
• Added three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble
• Recorded seven tackles at UCF
• Recorded a career-best two sacks, including both in the first half, en route to posting eight tackles at Oregon State
• Recorded a career-best nine tackles vs. UCLA
• Five tackles, including two for loss, a QB hurry and a forced fumble that resulted in a loss of 14 yards vs. Arizona

As a Freshman (2018)

• Pacific Takes Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Jimmy Rogers, Jr. Most Valuable Lineman of Sun Bowl
• 247 Sports True Freshman All-America Team
• Played in all 13 games and started three
• Fourth on the team with 3.5 sacks
• Finished with 28 tackles (14 solo), 4.0 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery, one interception and two pass breakups
• Four tackles (two solo), one sack in collegiate debut vs. San Diego State (Aug. 31)
• One tackle and first career interception in win over UC Davis (Sept. 15)
• Three tackles (one solo) and a fumble recovery in win at Arizona State (Oct. 18)
• Five tackles (two solo) and 0.5 tackle for loss in Sun Bowl win over Pitt (Dec. 31)

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Gilman (Md.) under head coach Timothy Holley
• Four-star recruit by Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar
• Nation’s 211th best recruit by ESPN, 205th by PrepStar
• Nation’s 16th-best defensive end by PrepStar and 23rd by ESPN
• Nation’s 21st-best strong-side defensive end by 247Sports
• Nation’s 18th-best defensive tackle by Rivals
• Maryland’s seventh-best recruit by Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar, 10th by 247Sports
• 39 tackles, five sacks, 9.0 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, two passes defended as a senior
• 77 tackles, four sacks, 14.0 tackles for loss, one interception, two blocked field goals as a junior
• Seven catches for 112 yards and one touchdown as a junior
• 12 receptions for 151 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore
• 10 tackles, six sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss in four games as a sophomore
• 2016 USA Today all-state first team
• Two-time all-Metro first team (2016-17)
• Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 selection
• Led team to 2015 state title
• Led team to two football league titles
• National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete nominee
• Also competed in basketball and track
• Led team to Maryland Interscholastic Athletics Association Indoor Track Championships title
• First in shot put (48-6.5) at Maryland Interscholastic Athletics Association Indoor Track Championships
• Track team captain
• Senior class vice president
• Chinese Honor Society

Personal

• Full name is Earl Thomas Booker IV
• Son of Ava Lias-Booker and Earl Thomas Booker III
• Father played football at Wisconsin, started at outside linebacker as a freshman
• Sister, Sydney, graduated from law school at Duke
• Sister played junior varsity tennis at Princeton
• Cousin, Corbin Booker, played lacrosse at Brown
• Uncle, Richard E. Lias, played football at St. Francis      
• Attended Stanford High School Summer College Program before senior year of high school
• High school teammate of current Stanford teammate Dorian Maddox and former Cardinal Devery Hamilton