Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025LSU
Bernard Gooden
DL • 6'1" • 268 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bernard Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • South Florida • LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Player Story
Bernard Gooden built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 88, spending time with LSU, South Florida, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Bernard Gooden's...
Read the storyBernard Gooden, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Florida. Bernard Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Bernard Gooden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · DL
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- UAB
- High school pipeline
- St. Francis · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 346th (top 33%) · SEC 237th (top 32%) · National 2,016th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 21.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 31 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| 2025 Postseason | LSU | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | LSU | 11 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5 | - | 0 | 44.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida to LSU | G5/FCS to P4 | 88.6 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 21.2 | Apr 18, 2023 |
Bernard Gooden played DL for Wake Forest, South Florida, and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bernard Gooden recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
South Florida paired 17.5 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, South Florida, LSU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: VMI
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
19.7
Usage
4.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
VMI
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. VMI: 3. Louisville: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. VMI: 3 by 42.5. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. NC State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3 · Games = 1 · +3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
VMI
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs VMI
Player Story
Bernard Gooden story
Bernard Gooden built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 88, spending time with LSU, South Florida, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Bernard Gooden's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with South Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Bernard Gooden's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU, South Florida, and Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Bernard Gooden moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Wake Forest
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
South Florida
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
LSU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 19.7 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Florida | 17.5 | 24.7 | 6.2 | 17.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 17.5 | 24.7 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | LSU | 10 | 16.7 | 6 | -7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | LSU | 10 | 16.7 | 6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAB
Week 8 · W 35-25 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 49 South Carolina
Week 7 · W 20-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs VMI
Week 1 · W 44-10
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Navy
Week 11 · L 7-28 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
67.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 14 · L 13-17 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1.5
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · South Florida
17.5 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 6.2 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · South Florida
55
17.5 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · LSU
44.8
10 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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