Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Massachusetts
Darius Gooden
CB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Newark, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darius Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rutgers • Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
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- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Darius Gooden, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Darius Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 4
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Darius Gooden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · CB
- Career Tackles
- 4
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- UConn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · West Side · Rutgers
- High school pipeline
- West Side · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · CB 320th (top 78%) · FBS Independents 117th (top 62%) · National 3,781st (top 64%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 43.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 77.9 | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 2022 | Rutgers to Massachusetts | P4 to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Aug 26, 2021 |
Darius Gooden played CB for Rutgers and Massachusetts. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darius Gooden recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 2 primary output with 8.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rutgers, Massachusetts.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/3 | @ Tulane | L 10-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Rutgers
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Massachusetts
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 2 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UConn
Week 13 · L 18-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 3 · L 17-19
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Tulane
Week 1 · L 10-42
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Toledo
Week 6 · L 24-41
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas State
Week 5 · L 28-52
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts
2 primary output · 8.1 efficiency · 2.1 usage
43.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · Massachusetts
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Rutgers
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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