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Austin BookerChicago Bears · #94

Defensive End · 6' 6", 245 lbs · Greenwood, IN · Age 24
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Austin Booker
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Chicago Bears · #94 · Defensive End
Austin Booker
Season avg35 tkl · 4.5 sacks · 0 int
Career avg56 tkl · 6 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
Scouting report

Austin Booker — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Defensive End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Austin Booker is a Defensive End for the Chicago Bears, drafted 144th overall, 2024. In 2025 he recorded 35 tackles, 4.5 sacks.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
✦ Balladex Consensus: #808 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
17Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Chicago Bears built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

27–55proj record
#11conf seed
-5.3net rtg
112.1off rtg
117.4def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Anthony Johnson Jr., Austin Booker.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 11th in the conference. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-12-14

The beginning

Austin Booker is a Defensive End for the Chicago Bears, in his 3rd NFL season.

Chicago Bears

Turning pro

Drafted 144th overall, 2024 as a Defensive End.

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Austin Booker is a Chicago Bears defensive end, drafted 144th overall, 2024.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has recorded 56 tackles, 6 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 35 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Booker's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
245 lbs
Draft
144th overall, 2024
Born
Greenwood, IN
Age
24
Jersey
#94
Austin Booker career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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