Zaviar Gooden
 Gooden with the Cardinals in 2017. | |||
| LSU Tigers | |||
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| Position: | Assistant Development Coach | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Born: | August 31, 1990 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Pflugerville (Pflugerville, Texas) | ||
| College: | Missouri | ||
| NFL draft: | 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 97 | ||
| Career history | |||
| Career NFL statistics | |||
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| Player stats at NFL.com | |||
Zaviar Gooden (born August 31, 1990) is a former
Gooden played with the Titans for two seasons in a reserve role, before being released shortly after the beginning of the 2015 season. In the 2016 regular season, he had brief stints as a backup with the Detroit Lions and the Arizona Cardinals.
Early life
Gooden was born in
He also spent four years on the
College career
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.
It was his sophomore season that Gooden became a starter and immediately made a big impact. From the 13 games, he led the team in defense, making 84 tackles and three sacks, breaking up five passes and making two interceptions. He kept up his momentum in his junior season, with 80 tackles, one sack, two interceptions and four broken up passes in his 13 games.
His senior season was broken up by a hamstring injury and he played only 10 games, from which he made 61 tackles and a single interception, which was returned for a touchdown versus
Professional career
2013 NFL Draft
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m) |
234 lb (106 kg) |
32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.47 s | 1.54 s | 2.58 s | 4.18 s | 6.71 s | 38.5 in (0.98 m) |
10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
27 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Missouri's | ||||||||||||
Tennessee Titans
The
On September 5, 2015, Gooden was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, but was waived the following week.[4]
Detroit Lions
On May 2, 2016, the Detroit Lions signed Gooden to a one-year contract.[5] On September 3, 2016, he was waived by the Lions.[6] He was signed to the practice squad on September 21, 2016. He was promoted to the active roster on September 24.[7] He was released on September 26 and was re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[8] He was released on October 13, 2016.[9]
Arizona Cardinals
On November 1, 2016, Gooden was signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad.[10] He was promoted to the active roster on November 18, 2016.[11]
On September 2, 2017, Gooden was released by the Cardinals.[12]
References
- ^ "Zaviar Gooden Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ "2013 NFL Draft Scout Zaviar Gooden College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ "Titans Add Speedy Missouri LB Zaviar Gooden in Third Round". TitansOnline.com. April 26, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "Titans Trim Roster to 53 Players". TitansOnline.com. September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ Birkett, Dave (May 2, 2016). "Detroit Lions sign LB Zaviar Gooden". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ "Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. September 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
- ^ "Lions sign LB Zaviar Gooden from practice squad, waive WR Aaron Dobson". DetroitLions.com.
- ^ "Lions re-sign WR Aaron Dobson". DetroitLions.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "Lions Cut LB Zaviar Gooden From Practice Squad, Sign LB Steve Longa".
- ^ Urban, Darren (November 1, 2016). "Cardinals bring back Boggs after Veldheer move". Blog.AZCardinals.com.
- ^ Urban, Darren (November 18, 2016). "Martin IR move increases Fua chance". Blogs.AZCardinals.com.
- ^ Urban, Darren (September 2, 2017). "Cardinals Make Moves To Reach 53-Man Roster". AZCardinals.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.