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Position: |
Running back Kickoff returner |
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 23, 1987 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Irvington, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Spring (TX) Klein Collins | ||||||||||||
College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 4 / Pick: 111 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 783 |
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Rushing average: | 4.7 |
Touchdowns: | 3 |
Return yards: | 2,009 |
Return average: | 21.8 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Michael Darryl Goodson Jr. (born May 23, 1987) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Texas A&M. Goodson was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.
He has also played for the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets.
Goodson attended Westfield High School in Houston previously before he attended Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas, where he played football and ran track. During his junior year, Goodson ran for 1,152 yards on 101 carries, averaging 11.5 yards per carry with 14 TDs, and had 11 receptions for 277 yards and 5 TDs. His senior year, Goodson had 973 yards rushing on 99 carries. He was invited to play in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
In track & field, Goodson posted personal-bests of 21.92 seconds in the 200-meter dash, 6.40 meters (20 ft, 9 in) in the long jump and 42.91 seconds in the 4 × 100 m.
During his college recruiting process, Goodson initially committed verbally to play for Oklahoma State in July 2005, but he decommitted in December. At that time, he decided he would go to either USC or Texas A&M. In late January 2006, he committed to Texas A&M and eventually signed a National Letter of Intent.