Josh Booty
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| Josh Booty | |
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| Position(s): Quarterback |
Jersey #(s): 12,14 |
| Born: April 29, 1975 Starkville, Mississippi |
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| Year(s): 2001–2003 | |
| NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 6 / Pick: 172 | |
| College: Louisiana State | |
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| QB Rating | 0.0 |
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Joshua Gibson Booty (born April 29, 1975 in Starkville, Mississippi) is a National Football League quarterback and former baseball third baseman. He is currently a free agent after being waived by the Oakland Raiders .
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[edit] Pro Football Career
Booty is a free agent quarterback for the National Football League.
Booty was taken as the 177th pick (6th round) of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He was the 10th quarterback taken, behind Michael Vick of Virginia Tech, Drew Brees of Purdue, Quincy Carter of Georgia, Marques Tuiasosopo of Washington, Chris Weinke of Florida State, Sage Rosenfels of Iowa State, Jesse Palmer of Florida, Mike McMahon of Rutgers, and A.J. Feeley of Oregon
[edit] High School (1991-1994)
Booty went to Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. Booty was named to the All-Time National High School All-American team by Dick Butkus along with Joe Namath and John Elway.
As quarterback for the football team, he threw for 11,700 yards and 126 touchdowns, becoming the first high school player in history to throw for more than 10,000 yards (all this despite missing the last four games of his senior year due to a broken hand). As a result of his performance Booty was named the USA Today Offensive Player of the Year and was named the National High School Player of the Year by at least six associations, including Parade and the Football News.
As a shortstop for the baseball team, he was a four-time All-State choice at shortstop. As a senior, he batted .429 with 20 intentional walks, 25 stolen bases, and 12 home runs with only 70 at bats. He was also the starting shortstop for the U.S. Junior Olympic National Team that won the silver medal.He was a USA Today All-American shortstop. Booty also won a silver medal in the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival. He was the 5th pick overall in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins.
Highly recruited by major college football programs from across the country, Booty decided to sign with the Marlins for a then-record $1.6 million signing bonus.
[edit] Baseball career (1994-1998)
Booty was the fifth pick overall in the 1st round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft (1994).Booty spent five years in the Marlins organization, career .269 hitter in the big leagues. Josh holds the Kane County Cougars and entire Midwest League single-season strikeout record. The Cougars reportedly paid him around $1 million to $1.2 million if he didn't play football in the duration of his contract, but decided to move on and pursue a career in pro football. He hit 20-plus home runs in single and double A minor league stops. Was voted the Minor League Defensive Player of the Year in 1997 for the Portland Seadogs. He was a part of the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins and has a World Championship ring.
[edit] College Football career (1999-2000)
In 1999, Booty went to the Louisiana State University (LSU) to play football for LSU's football team. During his two years at LSU, he completed 49.3% of his passes for 3,951 yards and 24 touchdowns.
[edit] Freshman season
- Booty had to battle and beat out 2 future NFL draft picks Craig Nall , Rohan Davey for the starting job. The Tigers did not have much success, as Head Coach Gerry DiNardo was fired during the season.
[edit] Sophomore season
During his sophomore season (2000), under Coach Nick Saban, Booty started the first 4 games of the season:
- LSU's 58-0 victory over Western Carolina (completing 80.0% of his passes for 291 yards, throwing 2 touchdowns and no interceptions)
- LSU's 28-13 victory over Houston (completing only 44.0% of his passes for 175 yards, throwing 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions)
- LSU's 17-34 loss to #24 Auburn (completing 44.8% of his passes for 214 yards, throwing 2 touchdowns and 1 interception).
- LSU's 10-13 loss to UAB (completing 39.5% of his passes for 156 yards)
Booty did not play in next game beecause of rib injury against #11 Tennessee. Davey engineered a 38-31 overtime victory over then-#8 Tennessee in Tiger Stadium, but when Davey only completed 33.3% of his passes against Florida, throwing no touchdowns and 1 interception, Booty took over with 10:32 left in the 3rd quarter, while the score was Florida 24, LSU 3. Booty finished the game completing 62.5% of his passes for 184 yards, throwing 1 touchdown. The final score was Florida 41, LSU 9.
Booty would start for the rest of the season:
- LSU's 34-0 victory over Kentucky (completing 45.5% of his passes for 225 yards, throwing 3 touchdowns and no interceptions)
- LSU's 45-38 OT victory over #13 Mississippi State (completing 63.2% of his passes for 246 yards, throwing 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception)
- LSU's 30-28 victory over Alabama (completing 58.1% of his passes for 275 yards, throwing for four touchdowns and no inteceptions)
- LSU's 20-9 victory at Ole Miss (completing 53.3% of his passes for 290 yards, throwing 1 touchdown and no interceptions)
- LSU's 3-14 loss to Arkansas (completing 22.2% of his passes for 65 yards, throwing no touchdowns and 2 interceptions)in pouring rain and windy conditions.
During Booty's 9 games as a starter, LSU went 6-3, as Booty threw 17 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Booty finished his sophomore season throwing for 2,121 yards, which at the time was the third-best performance by a sophomore in LSU history, behind Jeff Wickersham's 1983 sophomore season (2,542 yards) and Tommy Hodson's 1987 sophomore season (2,125 yards). As a result of his performance, Booty was voted to the first team All-SEC Team, becoming the first LSU quarterback to awarded that honor since Tommy Hodson (first team All-SEC Team, 1986-1989).
At the end of the 2000 season, LSU went to the Peach Bowl and posted a 28-14 victory over #15 Georgia Tech. Booty played the first half (only completing 42.1% of his passes for no touchdowns and no interceptions).
In the spring, Booty decided to go to the NFL.
[edit] Personal life
One of Booty's younger brothers, Abram Booty was a wide receiver at LSU (1997-1999) and a Cleveland Browns wide receiver in 2001. Another brother, John David Booty, was the starting quarterback at USC in 2007, and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2008. John David quarterbacked USC's victories over Michigan and Illinois in the 2007 and 2008 Rose Bowls, respectively.
Booty was engaged to a "Price Is Right" "Barker's Beauty" named Rachel Reynolds. He is the spokesperson for TrueMRI in Beverly Hills, California, and is also involved with numerous radio and television commentating work in sports, including Sirius, Fox Sports, ESPN Radio, and the NFL Network.
Booty has been involved in numerous charity events , has participated on the CPT (celebrity players golf tour) He has been involved with the charities such as Winner's Circle youth organization benefiting inner-city kids, also involved with Children's Hospitals across America. Josh also helped jump start a Little League Baseball program for kids in the Czech Republic.[citation needed]
Booty was on daytime television's "Days Of Our Lives" Apr.19, 2008, playing the role of a mobster.
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[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
