Devin Booker surprises BYU men’s basketball team with Book 2s

Devin Booker shocked the BYU men’s basketball team with a customized model of his Nike Book 2 sneakers forward of the Big 12 Tournament.

The gifted sneakers are outfitted with the Cougars’ royal blue alongside a silver Nike swoosh and this system’s brand on the heel.

“Shout out Book,” BYU star small ahead AJ Dybantsa stated. “Book 2 PEs, fire. I knew that I was going to wear them.”

The total BYU basketball team acquired Nike Book 2 (Devin Booker shoe) BYU PEs final week. pic.twitter.com/Nqe8lRsWJd

— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) March 11, 2026

Dybantsa wore the sneakers in the course of the Cougars’ quarterfinal win over Kansas State on March 10. The high NBA prospect completed with 40 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists within the course of.

Booker donned the “BYU” PE colorway himself whereas dropping 34 factors, six rebounds and three assists in a 116-104 loss to the Timberwolves on Tuesday.

BYU head coach Kevin Young was an assistant and affiliate head coach for the Suns from 2020-2024 earlier than taking up the faculty program.

Booker spoke extremely of Young when he was being considered as a possible head coach candidate for the team after the 2022-23 season, and revealed that the 2 had a close relationship when the coach was employed by BYU in 2024.

The collaboration is the newest for Booker in the case of customizing his shoe for a collegiate basketball team. BYU joins Kentucky, USC, Michigan State, Arkansas, duke and Arizona on the record of packages with their very own variations of the Book 2.

Since the Book 2s grew to become out there on Jan. 2, the Suns star has additionally donned different variations such because the “All-Star Warning Label” and “The Valley” PE sneakers whereas on the courtroom this season.