Josh Booty

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6 ft 2+1⁄2 in
(1.89 m)
Josh Booty
Born (1975-04-29) April 29, 1975 (age 48)
Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
Baseball career
Third baseman
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 24, 1996, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
April 11, 1998, for the Florida Marlins221 lb
(100 kg)		32 in
(0.81 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		4.90 s1.77 s2.84 s4.48 s7.54 s29.5 in
(0.75 m)		8 ft 9 in
(2.67 m)		27 [2]
All values from NFL Combine [3] [4]

Booty was taken as the 177th pick (6th round) of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. [5]

Booty signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2001 but was waived in 2003. [6]

Personal life

One of Booty's younger brothers, Abram, was a wide receiver at LSU (1997–1999), Valdosta State University (2000) and a Cleveland Browns wide receiver in 2001. Another brother, John David Booty, was the starting quarterback at USC in 2007, and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2008. John David quarterbacked USC's victories over Michigan and Illinois in the 2007 and 2008 Rose Bowls, respectively. Booty's nephew, General, plays college football as a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. His son, Parker Fulghum, is a wide receiver for Clemson. [7]

He was formerly the spokesperson for TrueMRI in Beverly Hills, California, and has been involved with numerous radio and television commentating work in sports, including Sirius, Fox Sports, ESPN Radio.

Josh won the MLB Network reality show "The Next Knuckler", hosted by former Boston Red Sox players Tim Wakefield and Kevin Millar. The show also included football players Doug Flutie, John David Booty, David Greene, and Ryan Perrilloux. For winning, he got a chance to go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a pitcher, even though his baseball rights technically still belonged to the Marlins. [8] He struggled with his command while pitching in minor league spring training games and was released on March 28. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Chet Hilburn, The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football (Bloomington, Indiana: WestBow Press, 2012), p. 47
  2. ↑ "Josh Booty's Wonderlic Test Score". footballiqscore.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2001 Draft Scout Josh Booty, LSU NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Josh Booty, Combine Results, QB - Louisiana State". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  6. ↑ Withers, Tom (September 17, 2003). "Browns Sack Third-String QB Josh Booty". AP. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Clemson picks up preferred walk-on WR commitment Parker Fulghum". TigerNet. January 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ Marlins hold rights to reality winner
  9. ↑ "Former LSU QB Josh Booty, who won TV contest to pitch, released by Diamondbacks". al. March 28, 2013.
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