Austin Booker

Former defensive lineman at Kansas. 2023: 8 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

DL · Kansas · So. · #9

6′6″ · 245 lb · Greenwood, IN

CFB Index 70 · #94 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamChicago — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 9, #144 overall

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 600 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Kansas. 2023: 8 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2021.
Transferred from Minnesota to Kansas in 2023.
Drafted round 5 by the Chicago in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Kansas, 8 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #144 overall by Chicago.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Center Grove

202310 games

Entered the portal
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Yearwinner
All-Big 12first

2024

Drafted by Chicagoround 5, pick 144

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#600 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #144

Chicago · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2023)

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 3rd NFL season

#144Rd 5 · Pick 9

ChicagoEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #94 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#33 / 2842 · 99th pct

8.0

Tackles for loss#65 / 2842 · 98th pct

12.0

Solo tackles#246 / 2842 · 91st pct

Tackles#456 / 2842 · 84th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	1.8	1.2	0.0
Road4g	6.2	0.4	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.8	0.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #94 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kansas	55	39	12.0	8.0	1	--	--
2022	Minnesota	2	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		57	40	13.0	8.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023

W 38–33

vs Oklahoma

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Oklahoma at home in a shootout.

With J. Bean — 218 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.8 · 62 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Neal — 112 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 34-23vs Illinois	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 4	W 38-27vs BYU	7	6	2.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 5	L 14-40@ Texas	7	5	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 51-22vs UCF	4	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 32-39@ Oklahoma State	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 9	W 38-33vs Oklahoma	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-21@ Iowa State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-16vs Texas Tech	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-31vs Kansas State	6	6	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 49-16@ Cincinnati	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		55	39	12.0	8.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology