Lorenzo Booker
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Lorenzo Booker (born June 14, 1984 in Oxnard, California) is a tailback with the Florida State University NCAA football team. He signed with Florida State after his senior season at St. Bonaventure High School ended in 2002. He's currently majoring in social science.
In his senior year of high school, Booker ran for an amazing 2878 yards and 50 touchdowns, and also had 16 receptions for 300 yards and three more touchdowns. He was widely regarded as the nation's top running back prospect and was named a Parade All-American and to the PrepStar Dream Team. He also earned USA Today All-USA first-team honors and was ranked by Rivals.com as the number 3 overall prospect in the country. In his junior year, Booker had an equally-impressive 3103 yards and 49 touchdowns, and for his three-year career had 8502 rushing yards and 137 touchdowns, both state records. During this time, he led his team a 42-0 record.
In his freshman year with the Seminoles in 2003, Booker was fourth on the team in carries with 62, third in rushing yards with 334, and third in rushing touchdowns with 3, and also recorded 19 receptions for 86 yards. In his sophomore year in 2004, Booker led the team in carries with 173, and was second in both rushing yards (887) and touchdowns (4), and also had 24 catches for 160 yards. Booker led the Seminoles in rushing yards, carries, and touchdowns in his junior year in 2005, with 119 carries for 552 yards (4.8 avg) and four touchdowns. He also recorded 38 receptions for 329 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Booker is listed at 5 feet and 9 inches and 193 pounds and wears number 28.
It has been reported that former teammates, linebacker A.J. Nicholson and wide receiver Fred Rouse, broke into Booker's apartment and stole many of his items.
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