Brodrick Gooch: LB · App State · #44.
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Brodrick Gooch
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the same linebacker corps at App State. On tape: 4 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 43-28vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-38vs Southern Miss | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-9vs Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-14@ Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-23@ No. 18 James Madison | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 55-27vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-49@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 43-28
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out East Carolina at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups22 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Shawn Clark — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
47.3%
470 pass / 523 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #495 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at App State, 23 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shawn Clark.
