 Booker graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan and was named to the 1986 USA Today All @-@ USA high school football team . Booker went on to Stanford University , receiving a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1991 and a Master of Arts in sociology the following year . While at Stanford , he played football as a tight end and was teammates with Brad Muster and Ed McCaffrey , and also made the All – Pacific @-@ 10 Academic team and was elected senior class president . In addition , Booker ran The Bridge Peer Counseling Center , a student @-@ run crisis hotline , and organized help from Stanford students for youth in East Palo Alto , California . 
