Zaviar Gooden
| No. 52 Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 31, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Austin, Texas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Pflugerville (TX) | ||||||||||
| College: | Missouri | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 97 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 43 |
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| Quarterback sacks: | 0.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
| Interceptions: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Zaviar Gooden (born August 31, 1990) is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Missouri.
Gooden was born in Austin, Texas. He attended Pflugerville High School, and played for he Pflugerville Panthers high school football team. During high school, he played as both a safety and running back. Rivals.com rated Gooden as the 32nd best high school linebacker prospect his age, and the 56th best all round prospect in Texas. He graduated from high school with a 3.9 grade point average (GPA). Gooden received athletic scholarship offers from Oklahoma State, Purdue and Stanford, but chose to attend the University of Missouri.
He also spent four years on the track & field team in high school, competing in the 200-meter, long jump (20 ft 5 in), 4 × 100 m relay (42.98) and 4 × 400 m relay (3:21.17).
Gooden enrolled in the University of Missouri, where he played for coach Gary Pinkel's Missouri Tigers football team from 2009 to 2012. Before the start of his freshman season, Gooden made the transition from safety to linebacker. During his first season he was used as backup to the starting linebackers, but played in 13 games, making 30 tackles and forcing one fumble.
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