Alabama football captain Tyler Booker is doing all in his power not to let the season slip away.
Co-offensive coordinator JaMarcus Shephard shared praised about Booker on Wednesday.
“More than anything else, I think I was most impressed by Booker,” Shephard said about practice this week. “Booker had a fire in him this week. He is all over every single player on this team’s rear end, every single play. Getting in their face. Pushing the tempo, the envelope with each one of them. Telling them, ‘Hey this is the expectation. I’m not going to tell you this over and over again. You’re going to do it the right way or get out.’ I love that about our left guard.”
Booker is a junior left guard who even filled in at left tackle for one game with other players injured. He is one of the 2024 team’s permanent captains alongside Malachi Moore, Jalen Milroe and Deontae Lawson.
Booker seems to be at the front of the line this week for a Crimson Tide team that has practiced well.
“Oh man, these guys are on fire,” Shephard said. “They’re freaking flying around. They’re taking to their hard coaching. That’s how we always are. They’re taking to it.”
No. 15 Alabama will face No. 21 Missouri on Saturday (2:45 p.m. CT, ABC) at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.
