O'Bryan Goodson: DL · Memphis · #1.
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O'Bryan Goodson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons at Memphis span two head coaches: Mike Norvell and Ryan Silverfield. The first one came in 2020: All-AAC. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Temple — Week 8, 2020.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-24vs Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30@ SMU | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 50-49vs UCF | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-29vs Temple | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 10-49@ No. 7 Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-33vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-14vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 10-7@ Navy | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 18 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2020
W 50-49
vs UCF
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%7 TFLSack rate
11%3 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries27 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Pass share
52.2%
421 pass / 386 run
Plays / game
80.7
10 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
459 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Memphis, 5 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Norvell → Ryan Silverfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
