Tahaan Goodman: DB · UCLA · #21.
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Tahaan Goodman
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at UCLA. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 1, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ Texas A&M | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 42-21vs UNLV | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-14@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-22vs No. 7 Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-23@ Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-27@ Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-20@ No. 21 Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-36vs No. 15 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-36@ California | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL29 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Jim Mora — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Pass share
59.1%
491 pass / 340 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
521 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UCLA, 29 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jim Mora.
