Getting good production from a player on a rookie deal is a cheat code in the NFL.
That’s exactly what the [Cowboys](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys) got from guard Tyler Booker in 2025.
Tyler Booker named Cowboys' most underpaid player
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Booker started in 14 games for Dallas as a rookie last season and he was one of the highest-graded run-blocking guards in the entire league despite having a base salary of less than $1 million and a cap hit of just over $4 million.
As a result, Booker was named Dallas' most underpaid player by [Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25408755-every-nfl-teams-most-underpaid-player-following-peak-2026-free-agency).
"The 2025 first-round pick looks like a long-term fixture at guard in Dallas after a strong rookie campaign in which he earned the league's seventh-best qualified PFF run-blocking grade at that position. He'll count just $5.1 million against the cap in '26," Gagnon wrote.
Dallas selected Booker with the No. 12 overall pick in the draft last year after a productive college career at Alabama that saw him named First-team All-SEC in 2023 and 2024. He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team after his first campaign with the Cowboys.
_This story will be updated._
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