Zaviar
Gooden.
Zaviar
Gooden.
Missouri· 6'1"· 234 lb· 4.47s 40
Gooden projects best in a 4-3 Cover 2 or Cover 3 scheme that prioritizes athletic linebackers capable of contributing in coverage as well as run support.
As a rookie, Gooden could contribute immediately on special teams while developing into an eventual starting weakside linebacker; his ceiling is a Pro Bowl caliber playmaking WILL backer.
Gooden would struggle significantly as an inside linebacker in a 3-4 two-gap scheme, where his lighter frame and less advanced run-stuffing technique would be exposed.
Gooden's elite athleticism and coverage ability make him a valuable asset in schemes that ask linebackers to cover ground and make plays sideline-to-sideline, both in the run and pass game.
Selected #97 overall in Round 3 of the 2013 NFL Draft by Tennessee Titans out of Missouri.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.47sp50
- Vertical
- 34inp50
- Broad jump
- 131inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.71sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.18sp50
- Bench
- 27repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missouri | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Missouri | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Missouri | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Zaviar Gooden played linebacker for the Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions. He primarily contributed on special teams and as a reserve linebacker.