Player Dossier

2018-2021

Air Force

Brandon Gooding

LB • 6'5" • 240 lbs • Ventura, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Gooding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Air Force

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Air Force
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Brandon Gooding built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ventura, CA wearing No. 45, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of Brandon Gooding's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8148

Ventura · Ventura, CA

Committed To
Air Force
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Brandon Gooding, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Air Force. Brandon Gooding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
TFL
3
Sacks
2

Quick Answers

Brandon Gooding quick answers

Latest team and position
Air Force · LB
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Air Force
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Ventura · Air Force
High school pipeline
Ventura · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 940th (top 75%) · Mountain West 294th (top 55%) · National 3,500th (top 59%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonAir Force00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonAir Force00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonAir Force51122--047.4
2021 Regular SeasonAir Force2410--030.5

Related Context

Brandon Gooding played LB for Air Force. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Gooding recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Air Force.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Air Force paired 4 primary output with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Air Force

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.4

Usage

4.1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 0. Army: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Army

Result
Sat 11/6vs ArmyL 14-2132100
Sat 10/23vs San Diego StateL 14-2010000

Player Story

Brandon Gooding story

Brandon Gooding built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ventura, CA wearing No. 45, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of Brandon Gooding's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Gooding'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.

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    Air Force

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonAir Force0
2019 Regular SeasonAir Force00
2020 Regular SeasonAir Force417.27.14
2021 Regular SeasonAir Force113.44.1-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah State

Week 14 · W 35-7 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico

Week 12 · W 28-0 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Army

Week 10 · L 14-21

1

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Army

Week 16 · L 7-10

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Navy

Week 5 · W 40-7

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Havoc Plays

7.5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Air Force

4 primary output · 17.2 efficiency · 7.1 usage

47.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Air Force

30.5

1 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Air Force

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games