Booker did get his chance to play starting in his third year at Stanford, with the Cardinal squad now led by head coach Denny Green. Two years younger, Nickel recalls seeing Booker for the first time on the practice field that season. "We were running routes, and I see this big athletic guy in a split-out [formation]," Nickel said. "I remember he made this incredible one-handed catch."
UBooker ulitholile ithuba lokudlala eqala ngonyaka wesithathu eStanford, njengoba iqembu le-Cardinal seliholwa umqeqeshi oyinhloko uDenny Green. Esamncane ngeminyaka emibili, uNickel ukhumbula ebona uBooker okokuqala enkundleni yokuziqeqesha kulelo hlandla lokudlala. "Besigijima ngokwemizila, futhi ngibona le nsizwa enkulu engumdlali wezemidlalo eziqeqeshayo kwi-split-out [indlela yokuma]," kusho uNickel. "Ngikhumbula ukuthi wanqaka ibhola ngesandla esisodwa okwaba yisimanga esikhulu."