Randall Goforth
{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
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| caption = Goforth with UCLA in 2016
| current_team =
| number = 35
| position = Cornerback
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|1|27|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
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| weight_lb = 189
| high_school = Long Beach Poly
| college = UCLA
| undraftedyear = 2017
| pastteams =
- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2017}})
- Arizona Hotshots ({{AAF Year|2019}})
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| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (LII)
- Second-team All-Pac-12 (2015)
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Randall Jordan Goforth (born January 27, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
College career
As a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2012, Goforth played in all 14 games and started in five. He finished the year with 39 total tackles. Goforth came into his sophomore year in 2013 as a starter for the Bruins. He established totals in solo and total tackles and was the leader of the secondary, starting in all 13 games. Coming into his junior season, Goforth was seen as a possible NFL draft prospect and was one of the stars on the Bruins defense.
On August 20, 2014 Goforth solidified this when in the season opener at Virginia, he had 5 tackles and returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown in a 28–20 win. The next game vs the Memphis Tigers he went down with an injury, ending his season. In Goforth’s redshirt junior season, he was named second team All-Pac-12 defense and in his junior season relied more All-Pac-12 honors.{{Cite web | url = https://www.dailynews.com/2016/10/19/ucla-db-randall-goforth-has-been-go-to-guy-on-defense/ | title = UCLA DB Randall Goforth has been go to guy for the Bruins | work = Los Angeles Daily News | date = October 19, 2016 | access-date = January 5, 2018}}
In his career at UCLA Goforth totaled 250 tackles and 10 interceptions.
=Statistics=
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| rowspan=2|Season | rowspan=2|Team | rowspan=2|Games | colspan=5|Tackles | colspan=5|Interceptions | colspan=5|Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Assists | Tot. | TFL | Sack | Int. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | PD | FR | Yds. | TD | FF | |||
| 2012 | UCLA | 14 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | UCLA | 13 | 45 | 32 | 77 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014† | UCLA | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | UCLA | 13 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | UCLA | 11 | 44 | 14 | 58 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| colspan=2|Career || 43 || 162 || 88 || 250 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 10 || 168 || 16.8 || 1 || 20 || 3 || 75 || 1 || 4 |
Professional career
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=Philadelphia Eagles=
Goforth signed with the Philadelphia Eagles after going undrafted in the 2017 NFL draft.{{cite web|title=Check Out The Full Rookie Camp Roster|url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Check-Out-The-Full-Rookie-Camp-Roster/26ab102d-e5ee-44e7-ba37-3707f26dfab5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215222222/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Check-Out-The-Full-Rookie-Camp-Roster/26ab102d-e5ee-44e7-ba37-3707f26dfab5|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2017|website=PhiladelphiaEagles.com|date=May 11, 2017|access-date=February 5, 2018}} On July 29, 2017, Goforth tore his ACL in training camp and was placed on injured reserve, keeping him out the entire 2017 season.{{Cite web | url = http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/rookie-cb-randall-goforth-tore-acl-out-for-season-20170730.html | title = Eagles CB Randall Goforth tears ACL, out for season | work = Philly.com | date = August 2, 2017}} On August 2, 2017 he was placed on injured reserve.{{Cite web | url = https://247sports.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/article/eagles-place-randall-goforth-on-waivedinjured-list-105731963/ | title = Eagles' Randall Goforth placed on waived/injured reserve list | work = 247sports.com }} In his lone season with Philadelphia, Goforth went on to win Super Bowl LII with the Eagles against the New England Patriots 41-33.{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Lindsay H. | title=Super Bowl 2018: Eagles dethrone Tom Brady, Patriots in stunner | website=USA TODAY | date=2018-02-05 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super/2018/02/04/super-bowl-2018-score-philadelphia-eagles-new-england-patriots/305840002/ | access-date=2024-10-31}}
On July 24, 2018, Goforth was waived by the Eagles.{{cite web|title=Eagles Release Marquess Wilson, Randall Goforth|url=https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/eagles-release-marquess-wilson-randall-goforth|website=PhiladelphiaEagles.com|date=July 24, 2018}}
=Arizona Hotshots=
In 2018, Goforth signed with the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season.{{cite web |title=Arizona Hotshots football 2019 schedule, roster, coaching staff |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/football/2018/11/27/arizona-hotshots-football-2019-schedule-roster-coaching-staff/1660569002/ |website=azcentral |access-date=2 January 2019 |language=en}} He was waived on March 6, 2019.
=Los Angeles Police Department=
On June 11, 2021, Goforth announced via Instagram that he had successfully completed training to become a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. He publicly conveyed that his goal with the PD is to inspire change within the community of Los Angeles, as well as promote unity. Despite joining the LAPD, he still remains an NFL Free Agent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_OzJ_gpt1/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CP_OzJ_gpt1 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration |title=Registration}}{{Dead link |date=August 2023}}{{cbignore}}
References
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External links
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- [http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3712 UCLA Bruins bio]
- [http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/roster/Randall-Goforth/59038b0f-9943-4750-80f4-539fbb4dff3c Philadelphia Eagles profile]
- [http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2971575/randall-goforth Randall Goforth] on ESPN.com
- [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GofoRa00.htm Pro-Football-Reference] profile
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Category:American football cornerbacks
Category:American sportspeople of Samoan descent
Category:Arizona Hotshots players
Category:Philadelphia Eagles players
Category:Players of American football from Long Beach, California