Hooker has good instincts and knowledge of where to go with the football in the passing game … An injury during the spring could derail his 2025 season ... Returns to Aggieland, where his father, Alan Hooker, starred at quarterback during the 1980s ... Alston transferred to Florida A&M during the 2024 season ... His father owns multiple A&T passing records, and his brother Hendon Hooker plays quarterback for the NFL’s Detroit Lions ... Wrote a children’s book with his brother called “The ABC’s of Scripture for Athletes”... Alston is a graduate of North Carolina A&T along with his parents and his sister ... Had a solid 2023 Blue & Gold Spring Game by passing for 51 yards and a touchdown … Has a lively arm and can escape the pocket and make havoc for the defense with his feet.
2024 Season: Credited with playing one game for the Florida A&M Rattlers, a contest on Oct. 26 against Southern University.
2023 Season: Played in one game and pulled off some late-game heroics in the contest against Campbell University, completing 11 of 15 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown ... Had a 184.37 passer efficiency rating during the game ... Led the Aggies on an 11-play, 73-yard drive that culminated in a three-yard touchdown pass to Wesley Graves.
2022 Season: Played in six games with one start … Threw for 40 yards on 4-for-13 passing … Also rushed for 27 yards on nine carries … Totaled 67 yards in total offense … Made his first career start on Nov. 12 against Charleston Southern at Truist Stadium.
2021 Season: He took a redshirt season as a freshman.
High School: He started his high school career at Dudley before transferring to Ragsdale, where he played under head coach Johnny Boykin … Threw for 2,400 yards and 31 touchdowns while completing 60 percent of his passes as a senior at Ragsdale … Rushed for 518 yards and four touchdowns on 88 carries as a senior … Threw for 236 yards and four touchdowns against one of the top teams in the state in Grimsley High School ... Also played basketball in high school.
Personal: Full name is Alston Hooker ... He is the son of Alan and Wendy Hooker and was born on Aug. 25, 2001 ... Also has two siblings ... Has an undergraduate degree in engineering ... His pregame ritual includes playing gospel music while also solving the Rubik’s Cube to the beat ... It also includes reading the “ABC’s of Scripture for Athletes,” which he and his brother wrote, and playing his brother’s football highlights.
