Player Dossier

2019-2023

Washington

Ralen Goforth

LB • 6'2" • 237 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA

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Ralen Goforth shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
USC • Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Ralen Goforth built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with USC and Washington. The clearest part of Ralen Goforth's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.89

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Ralen Goforth, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · USC. Ralen Goforth shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
167
TFL
7.5
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ralen Goforth quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · LB
Career Tackles
167
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · USC
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
3-star · St. John Bosco · USC
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
37 tackles · LB 370th (top 31%) · Pac-12 88th (top 17%) · National 1,023rd (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUSC46-0--038.4
2020 Regular SeasonUSC4262.50--048
2021 Regular SeasonUSC116010--022.2
2022 Regular SeasonUSC938-0--218.1
2023 PostseasonWashington142-0--039.3
2023 Regular SeasonWashington143540-2039.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023USC to WashingtonP4 to P481.2Dec 5, 2022

Ralen Goforth played LB for USC and Washington. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ralen Goforth recorded 167 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

USC paired 2.5 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Washington.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Washington

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15.3

Usage

3.6

Consistency

11.9

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Boise State: 0. Tulsa: 0. Michigan State: 0. California: 0. Arizona: 0. Oregon: 1. Arizona State: 2. Stanford: 1. USC: 0. Utah: 0. Oregon State: 1. Washington State: 0. Oregon: 1

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 4 by 16.7. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. California: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 5 by 20.8. Oregon: 2 by 18.3. Arizona State: 3 by 32.5. Stanford: 7 by 39.2. USC: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 3 by 22.5. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Stanford

Result
Tue 1/2vs TexasW 37-3122000
Sat 12/2vs OregonW 34-3111100
Sat 11/25vs Washington StateW 24-2111000
Sun 11/19@ Oregon StateW 22-2031100
Sat 11/11vs UtahW 35-2810000
Sat 11/4@ USCW 52-4222000
Sat 10/28@ StanfordW 42-3373100
Sun 10/22vs Arizona StateSplash gameW 15-732002
Sat 10/14vs OregonW 36-3322100
Sun 10/1@ ArizonaW 31-2452000
Sun 9/24vs CaliforniaW 59-3232000
Sat 9/16@ Michigan StateW 41-710000
Sat 9/9vs TulsaW 43-1022000
Sat 9/2vs Boise StateW 56-1940000

Player Story

Ralen Goforth story

Ralen Goforth built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with USC and Washington. The clearest part of Ralen Goforth's career was his defensive production: 167 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Ralen Goforth's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUSC06.31.1
2020 Regular SeasonUSC2.533.37.42.5
2021 Regular SeasonUSC123.65.5-1.5
2022 Regular SeasonUSC118.740
2023 PostseasonWashington615.33.65
2023 Regular SeasonWashington615.33.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 15 · W 43-38 · Conference game

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#2

@ California

Week 14 · L 14-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 1 · W 66-14

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Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon

Week 7 · W 36-33 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 9 · W 42-33 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · USC

2.5 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 7.4 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · Washington

39.3

6 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Washington

39.3

6 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games