Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones speaks during an introductory press conference for first-round draft pick Tyler Booker (left) on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.(AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

During Tyler Booker’s three seasons at Alabama, the Crimson Tide compiled a 32-8 record, won the 2023 SEC championship and captured the 2022 Sugar Bowl.

But that was not what Booker expected to achieve before he departed for the NFL, which Alabama’s left guard did on Thursday night when the Dallas Cowboys selected him with the 12th pick in the 90th NFL Draft.

“I love to win, and I hate to lose,” Booker said at his introductory press conference. “I lost too much this past year. I lost too much, a lot more than I should have in college. Me being in Alabama, I left without a national championship, and that’s something that’s going to burn at me for the rest of my life, so I’m going to bring that burning passion and desire with me to the NFL and transfer that over to wanting to win Super Bowls.”

Booker had every reason to think eight losses in three seasons were too many at Alabama. In the seven seasons before Booker arrived, the Tide had played in six CFP national-championship games. Alabama had eight losses in those seven seasons, with three coming in the national-championship contest.

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In Dallas, Booker enters a different situation. The Cowboys most recently played in the Super Bowl on Jan. 28, 1996, when Dallas won its third NFL championship in four seasons. The Cowboys haven’t advanced past the second round of the NFC playoffs since.

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But Booker still feels the luster of the franchise’s five Super Bowl victories and eight NFC championships.

“Me being in Alabama for the past three years has really prepared me for this moment and this day,” Booker said. “Alabama is a place known for greatness. There’s a lot of tradition. There’s a legacy there. There’s an aura when you walk into the building, and you feel it. You feel like you have a standard to live up to. And just as I felt like I’m walking into Mal Moore (Athletic Facility), that’s how I felt walking into the facility today. There’s a lot to live up to. There’s a legacy. There’s a standard that’s been upheld here for years, and I’m looking forward to continue to further that.”