Austin Booker holds the RDE · Starter spot in Chicago Bears’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Austin Booker played 12 games in 2025 with a 83% snap share.

Austin Booker is a 6'6", 245-pound right defensive end for the Chicago Bears. The Bears selected him in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft. Booker spent his final college season at Kansas in 2023, recording 56 tackles (40 solo) and 8.0 sacks. That year he was named First-Team All-Big 12 by coaches, AP, and analytics services, and earned Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year. He previously played two seasons at Minnesota (2021-22), appearing in 18 games with 58 tackles (41 solo) and 8.0 sacks across both years. In his second NFL season, Booker logged 5.5 sacks and 3.0 passes defended.

Minnesotathrough 2022

Kansas2023

Bears2024 — present

CollegeKansas; MinnesotaDraftRound 5 · No. 144 overall · 2024 · CHIHometownGreenwood, IN