Overview
Mike Goodson is a running back for the Carolina Panthers, who selected him with the 111th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Goodson attended Texas A&M, where he played for three seasons. Goodson is 6-feet tall and weighs 196 pounds.
Prep Career
Before his senior season at Collins High School in Klein, TX, Goodson committed to Oklahoma State. However, he decommitted after his senior season, during which he ran for 973 yards on just 99 attempts. ESPN's Scouts Inc. ranked Goodson as the No. 6 running back prospect and the No. 45 overall prospect in the class of 2006. He chose Texas A&M over USC.
College Career
As a freshman at Texas A&M, Goodson led the Aggies in rushing yards with 847 on 127 rushes (6.7 yards per rush). He was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league's coaches. As a sophomore, Goodson finished third on the team in rushing, with 711 yards. He also became an important part of the passing game, catching 36 passes for 361 yards. New head coach Mike Sherman instituted more of a passing offense in 2008, limiting Goodson's role in the backfield. He had a career-low 94 rushing attempts for 406 yards, both of which still led the team. He also caught a career-high 37 passes for 386 yards.
NFL Career
Goodson was selected in the fourth round (111th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. Before the 2009 season, Goodson signed a contract with Carolina. Terms were not disclosed.
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    ESPN RESEARCH
    Aggies Approaching Milestones
    Published: 10/15/2008

    Texas A&M RB Mike Goodson needs 74 yards to reach 2,000 career rushing yards, and QB Stephen McGee needs 46 yards in total offense to become the 2nd Aggie in school history to reach the 7,000-yard mark.

    Aggies Rushing Game Slowed Down
    Published: 11/7/2007

    The Aggies have dropped 2 in a row, scoring no more than 14 points in either game. One of the big reasons is their powerful running attack has been slowed down.
    Texas A&M Aggies - Key Rushers, Last 2 Games
    Player vs Kansas vs Oklahoma
    Stephen McGee (QB) 10 carries, 11 yds, 0 TD 16 carries, 71 yds, 0 TD
    Jorvorskie Lane 7 carries, 24 yds, 0 TD 5 carries, 28 yds, 0 TD
    Mike Goodson 9 carries, 33 yds, 0 TD 7 carries, 28 yds, 0 TD
    Texas A&M's Deep Backfield
    Published: 10/31/2007

    Jorvorskie Lane isn't the only running threat the Sooners have to worry about. Led by QB Stephen McGee (80.2), the Aggies rank 9th nationally in rushing (239.4). They can also counter with the speedy Mike Goodson (55.3). A&M, however, couldn't get much of anything going on the ground against the Jayhawks last week, gaining just 74 yds on 27 attempts. The 27 attempts was a season-low and the 45 passes were a season-high, due mainly to the fact the Aggies trailed by 19 at one point.

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    STATS
    College Stats
    ATT YDS TD
    2006 127 847 4
    2007 153 711 4
    2008 94 408 5
    Career 374 1,966 13
    Combine Stats
    40 SPEED4.540
    BENCH14
    VERTICAL39.5
    BROAD118
    CONES6.89
    SHUTTLE4
    WONDERLICN/A
    Pro Stats
    Rushing Stats
    YEARTEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009CAR8 22 49 2.2 11 0 1 1 1
    2010CAR16 103 452 4.4 45 3 20 4 2
    2011CAR4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012OAK12 35 221 6.3 43 0 6 0 0
    Career 40 160 722 4.5 45 3 27 5 3
    Receiving Stats
    YEARTEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009CAR8 2 15 7.5 13 0 1 0 0
    2010CAR16 40 310 7.8 32 0 15 0 0
    2011CAR4 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0 0
    2012OAK12 16 195 12.2 64 1 9 0 0
    Career 40 59 524 8.9 64 1 25 0 0
    Return Stats
    YEARTEAM G PR YDS TD FC LNG KR YDS TD FC LNG
    2009CAR8 0 0 0 0 0 17 352 0 0 33
    2010CAR16 0 0 0 0 0 48 1048 0 0 46
    2011CAR4 0 0 0 0 0 11 250 0 0 31
    2012OAK12 0 0 0 0 0 16 359 0 0 51
    Career 40 0 0 0 0 0 92 2009 0 0 51
    Passing Stats
    YEARTEAM G CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM RAT
    2009CAR8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    2010CAR16 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    2011CAR4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    2012OAK12 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Career 40 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Defense Stats
    YEARTEAM G TOT SOLO AST PD SACK FF REC INT YDS TD
    2010CAR16 4 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012OAK12 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Career 28 7 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Scoring Stats
    YEARTEAM G RushTD RecTD RetTD TotTD 2PT PAT FG TotPT
    2009CAR8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010CAR16 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18
    2011CAR4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012OAK12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
    Career 40 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 24

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