Josh Booty
Josh Booty was born in Starkville, Mississippi, United States on April 29th, 1975 and is the Football Player. At the age of 48, Josh Booty biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 48 years old, Josh Booty has this physical status:
Joshua Gibson Booty (born April 29, 1975) is a former professional baseball and American football player.
Booty appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman and in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback for a brief period of time.
Personal life
Abram, one of Booty's younger brothers, was a wide receiver at LSU (1997–1999), Valdosta State University (2000), and a Cleveland Browns wide receiver in 2001. John David, another brother, was the starting quarterback at USC in 2007 and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2008. In the 2007 and 2008 Rose Bowls, John David quarterbacked USC's triumphs over Michigan and Illinois.
He was previously the spokesperson for TrueMRI in Beverly Hills, California, and he has worked on numerous radio and television commentating jobs in sports, including Sirius, Fox Sports, and ESPN Radio.
Josh won the MLB Network reality show "The Next Knuckler," hosted by former Boston Red Sox players Tim Wakefield and Kevin Millar. Doug Flutie, John David Booty, David Greene, and Ryan Perrilloux were among the show's other participants. Despite winning, he has a chance to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a pitcher, even though his baseball rights have now belonged to the Marlins. He struggled with his command while pitching in minor league spring training games and was released on March 28.
Baseball career (1994–1998)
Booty was the fifth pick overall in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft (1994). Booty spent five years with the Marlins organization, and he was a career.269 hitter in the major leagues. If he didn't play football for the remainder of his deal, the Marlins reportedly paid him $1.6 million, a then-drafted signing bonus, but he didn't commit to playing football. In 1997, he hit 20-plus home runs in single and double A minor league stops, and was named Minor League Defensive Player of the Year. In his minor league career, he hit.198.
After winning MLB Network's reality show The Next Knuckler, Booty spent spring training in Arizona with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a knuckleball pitcher.
College football career (1999–2000)
Booty played football for LSU's football team in 1999. In February 1994, he signed with LSU to play football for then-coach Curley Hallman, but instead signed a baseball contract.
He completed 49.3% of his passes for 3,951 yards and 24 touchdowns in two years.
Booty beat out two other potential NFL draft picks, Craig Nall and Rohan Davey, for the starting position. The Tigers did not have much success this season, and head coach Gerry DiNardo was suspended early in the season.
Booty debuted in the first four games of the season during his sophomore season (2000) under Coach Nick Saban.
He completed 80 percent of his passes for 291 yards in LSU's 58–0 victory over Western Carolina, throwing two touchdowns and no interceptions. In LSU's 28-13 victory over Houston, he passed for 175 yards, throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions. In LSU's 34-17 loss to No. 1, they were defeated 34-17. 24 Auburn quarterback Drew Johnson completed 48% of his passes for 214 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception. He completed 39.5% of his passes for 156 yards in LSU's 13-10 loss to UAB. On what turned out to be the Tigers' last offensive play of the season, he threw an interception along the left sideline, turning the ball over to the Blazers in field goal range. UAB won on a 32-yard Rhett Gallego field goal with no time left.
Booty did not participate in the next game against No. 0 in the United States. Because of a rib injury, 11 Tennessee has been unable to return to action. In Tiger Stadium, Davey quarter dominated 38–31 overtime victory over Tennessee. Davey only made 33.3% of his passes against Florida, throwing no touchdowns and one intercept, but Booty took over with 10:32 left in the third quarter, with Florida 24, LSU 3. Booty completed the game, passing for 184 yards for 62 percent and throwing one touchdown. The final score was Florida 41, LSU 9.
Booty was the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season:
LSU defeated LSU 6–3, as Booty threw 17 touchdowns and 14 interceptions during Booty's nine games as a starter. Booty finished his sophomore season with 2,121 yards, 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). Booty was named to the first-team All-SEC Team, becoming the first LSU quarterback to be honoured with the award since Tommy Hodson.
LSU defeated No. 28-14 in the Peach Bowl at the end of the 2000 season. Georgia Tech, a college of Georgia. Booty made his first two touchdowns and no interceptions in the first half of his career, achieving 42.1% of his passes. At halftime, Saban yanked Booty and introduced Davey, who helped LSU beat the Yellow Jackets 25-0 in the second half.
Professional football career
The Seattle Seahawks selected Booty as the 177th pick (6th round) of the 2001 NFL Draft.
Booty signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2001 but was released in 2003.