Cameron Goode: LB · California · #19.
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Cameron Goode
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fifth year in the California linebacker corps. First career honor, 2020: All-Pac-12. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Washington — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | California | 45 | 29 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | California | 19 | 12 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | California | 59 | 34 | 14.0 | 9.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | California | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2017 | California | 46 | 20 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 172 | 98 | 36.0 | 21.0 | 9 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-22vs Nevada | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-34@ TCU | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Sacramento State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31@ Washington | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 6-21vs Washington State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ No. 9 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-3vs Colorado | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-10@ Arizona | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-11@ Stanford | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ UCLA | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs USC | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 29 | 8.5 | 7.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%8 TFLSack rate
16%7 sacksPD rate
9%4 pass breakups45 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 7 sacks.
5 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 26-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
49.1%
379 pass / 393 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
419 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-2% passes broken up, top-2% sack rate.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #444 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at California, 172 tackles — drafted at #224 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A stat line in 37 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Wilcox.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 5th NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 5th NFL season
