Bernard Gooden is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at LSU.
Gooden disrupts the pocket from the interior. The three seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Dave Clawson, Alex Golesh and Frank Wilson. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 sack against South Carolina — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | 20 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2024 | South Florida | 35 | 14 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 7 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 23 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ No. 4 Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ No. 13 Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs No. 3 Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ No. 4 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 13-10vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 35-38vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
25%5 hurries20 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Wilson
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #284 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #43 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,157 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the SEC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Dave Clawson, Alex Golesh, Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson.
