John David Booty
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John David Booty, born January 3, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana, is an American quarterback calling plays for the University of Southern California Trojans in the NCAA college football tournament. John David, a sociology major at USC, comes from a family of athletes, which include his father Johnny (played quarterback at Arkansas, Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State, then coached football at Evangel Christian), and his brothers Josh (played quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and at LSU for 2 seasons following a 5-year baseball career as an infielder in the Florida Marlins organization) and Abram (played wide receiver at LSU and Valdosta State). Booty, who is a 2007 Heisman Trophy candidate, proved in 2006 that he was ready to be the next great USC quarterback, following the steps of former Heisman Winners Matt Leinart and Carson Palmer. He currently is 8th in the USC all-time chart in career completions with 303, 10th in career passing yards with 3,764, 14th in total offensive yards with 3,690, and 8th in career touchdown passes with 32.
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High School
Booty played varsity football for the Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport (La..) since he was in the seventh grade. In 2000 as a high school freshman, he completed 9 of 11 passes. The following year, he passed for 4,300 yards and 50 touchdowns to lead his team to the Class 5A state title, and was eventually named as a Student Sports Underclass All-American and Class 5A All-State. During his junior year, he threw for 4,144 yards and 38 touchdowns to lead his team to another Class 5A state titleand was once again named into the Student Sports Underclass All-American and Class 5A All-State. When his father, who back then was the quarterback coach for Evangel Christian Academy, left the staff, John David bypassed his last playing year and finished his high school career with stats of 8,474 passing yards on 555 of 864 pass completions (64.2%) with 88 touchdowns and 26 interceptions.
College
2003
John David was a highly regarded quarterback prospect entering his freshman year at USC. He however was only second in the depth chart behind eventual Heisman winner Matt Leinart who just took over from another Heisman winner, Carson Palmer. Booty played sparingly as a back-up in five games, making his debut against Stanford where he completed once on 4 attempts for 13 yards. Four games later, Booty broke his left wrist against UCLA which sidelined him for the rest of the season.
2004
Booty suffered a badly bruised right (throwing) elbow in a 2004 fall practice, which limited his participation in the team, forcing himself into a medical redshirt year.
2005
Booty was back on the team on his redshirt sophomore year and was QB-2 behind Leinart. He played sparingly in ten games and turned out 327 passing yards on 27-of-42 completion, with three touchdowns and two interceptions.
2006
Before the season started, Booty missed all but one spring practice as he underwent surgery in March to repair a herniated disk in his back. He returned to the fall camp healthy and ready to take his first starting job after serving his first three seasons as a back-up.
Booty made an impressive debut as a starter against Arkansas, completing 68.6% of his passes (24-of-35) for 261 yards and 3 touchdowns. A few games later, he threw for a career high 406 yards with 3 passing scores and an interception against Oregon State. Booty lead his team into a Rose Bowl game victory over Michigan, where he completed 27-of-45 passes (career best) and threw for 391 yards with 4 TDs (career best and tied for a Rose Bowl game mark).
He finished the year completing 269 of 436 passes (61.7%) for 3,347 yards and 29 TDs with 9 interceptions. He also made it into the 2006 All-Pac-10 first team, ESPN.com All-Pac-10 first team, Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first team and Scout.com All-Pac-10 first team. He was also recognized as a finalist to the Manning Award and a semifinalist for the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien Awards.
2007
Booty decided to delay his entry into the pro ranks and finish his last year of eligibility. He is considered as one of the frontrunners for the Heisman trophy and is currently in the 2007 Maxwell Award and Manning Award watchlists. He was also recognized by Rivals.com as one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season and is one of the Top 20 Players Heading Into 2007 according to Sports Illustrated. Booty was a 2007 preseason All-American for Athlon, The Sporting News, and Blue Ribbon.
Highlights
| Trojan Return. USC QB John David Booty talks about his preparations for his final year as a Trojan. |
Awards
2007
- One of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season (Rivals.com)
- One of the Top 20 Players Heading Into 2007 (Sports Illustrated)
- 2007 Heisman Trophy Candidate
- 2007 preseason All-American (Athlon, The Sporting News, and Blue Ribbon)
- 2007 Maxwell Award and Manning Award watch list.
2006
- 2006 All-Pac-10 first team
- All-Pac-10 first team (ESPN.com, Rivals.com, and Scout.com)
- 1 of 11 finalists for the 2006 Manning Award (given to the nation's top quarterback)
- 1 of 15 semifinalists for the 2006 Maxwell Award (nation's top player)
- 1 of 18 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien Award
Records
- Tied for fourth on USC's season passing list with 269 completions (2006)
- Fifth on the USC season list (15th on the Pac-10 chart) with 3,347 passing yards (2006)
- Joined Carson Palmer, Rob Johnson and Matt Leinart as the only Trojans to eclipse 3,000 passing yards in a season
- Fifth on USC's season ladder (15th on the Pac-10 list) with 3,294 yards of total offense (2006)
- Tied for fourth on the USC season list (tied for ninth on the Pac-10 ladder) with 29 TD passes (2006)
