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Tyler Booker is ready to bring his natural leadership to the Dallas Cowboys.
“To be the leader of this [rookie] group, I take a lot of pride in that,” said Booker. “I’m just a natural born leader so, with my fellow rookies, I’m excited to continue to learn and grow with them.”
Coincidentally, or rather fated, depending upon your belief system, Booker is joining a Cowboys’ organization that is undergoing a sweeping change within the coaching ranks after recently coming face-to-face with a similar situation in Tuscaloosa.
Nick Saban announced his retirement in the days following the conclusion of the 2023 season, forcing Booker to reevaluate his future in the program. Would he follow some of his Roll Tide compatriots and enter the transfer portal for a program with a more proven and stable coaching situation in 2024, or would he stay put and weather the storm and, in the process, potentially help the incoming head coach, Kalen DeBoer, lead the team forward.
He’d ultimately choose to stick around, and his explanation as to why further solidifies his view on what it means to be a leader — now also able to take lessons learned from that transition to helping Schottenheimer in one of his own..
“This last year helped me a lot,” Booker said. “Not just as a football player, but as a man. Going into [last] year with a lot of uncertainty and having to weather the storm, and then just not having the success that I wanted, that I was the same person every day. Even when we were losing the games that we shouldn’t have lost, I was the same person. I was the same Tyler Booker, every day.
“That taught me how to be resilient even more than I already was. I feel like this last year, that last year at Alabama added more to who I am as a man.”
Catching up with Quincy Carter.
Quincy Carter’s ‘Why”
Carter said he is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, and follows their 12-step recovery process. One of his sponsors is former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson.
Carter is a grandfather now, and has seven children who live in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, North Dakota and Mississippi.
“Six moms,” he said. “It ain’t personal. I tell it.”
Carter returned to Georgia where he now runs his own foundation, and coaches young people and players. His approach with the kids, who range from middle school to college, is to just tell his truth. Unvarnished. No trick photography, or Instagram filters to make it look pretty. ...
