Player Dossier

2017-2020

Memphis

O'Bryan Goodson

DL • 6'1" • 297 lbs • Batesville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

O'Bryan Goodson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

87

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Player Story

O'Bryan Goodson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Batesville, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of O'Bryan Goodson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8731

Archbishop Riordan · East Palo Alto, CA

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O'Bryan Goodson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Memphis. O'Bryan Goodson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
99
TFL
26.5
Sacks
5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

O'Bryan Goodson quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DL
Career Tackles
99
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
Temple
Recruit profile
3-star · Archbishop Riordan
High school pipeline
Archbishop Riordan · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DL 95th (top 12%) · American Athletic 97th (top 21%) · National 988th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonMemphis112-0--032.2
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis11264121032.2
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis12238.514-053.5
2019 PostseasonMemphis104-01-048.9
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis1017702-048.9
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis827732-065.8

Related Context

O'Bryan Goodson played DL for Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, O'Bryan Goodson recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Memphis paired 12 primary output with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

29.1

Usage

9.8

Consistency

64.1

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 2. SMU: 2. UCF: 2. Temple: 3. Cincinnati: 1. South Florida: 1. Stephen F. Austin: 1. Navy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 2 by 28.3. SMU: 3 by 32.5. UCF: 4 by 36.7. Temple: 9 by 67.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 22.5. South Florida: 1 by 14.2. Stephen F. Austin: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.5 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Temple

Result
Sun 11/29@ NavyW 10-730000
Sat 11/21vs Stephen F. AustinW 56-1421000
Sat 11/7vs South FloridaW 34-3311100
Sat 10/31@ CincinnatiL 10-4931100
Sat 10/24vs TempleSplash gameW 41-2996210
Sat 10/17vs UCFSplash gameW 50-4944110
Sat 10/3@ SMUSplash gameL 27-3033110
Sun 9/6vs Arkansas StateSplash gameW 37-2422100

Player Story

O'Bryan Goodson story

O'Bryan Goodson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Batesville, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of O'Bryan Goodson's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives O'Bryan Goodson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonMemphis817.94.7
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis817.94.70
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis13.519.25.25.5
2019 PostseasonMemphis1018.85.4-3.5
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis1018.85.40
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis1229.19.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Temple

Week 8 · W 41-29 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ East Carolina

Week 10 · W 59-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Southern Illinois

Week 4 · W 44-31

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#4

vs UL Monroe

Week 1 · W 37-29

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 6 · W 52-33

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Memphis

12 primary output · 29.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage

65.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · Memphis

53.5

13.5 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Memphis

48.9

10 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games