Junior cornerback on Massachusetts's 2023 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Newark, NJ
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1926 nationally · Signed with Rutgers
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 cornerback on Massachusetts's roster.
Darius Gooden
Darius Gooden arrived at Massachusetts from Rutgers. One game to point at: 1 tackles, 1 TFL against UConn — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 4 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Don Brown — 4-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 17-19@ Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-52vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-41vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 18-31vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |