Goforth with UCLA in 2016
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| Position: | Cornerback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1994-01-27) January 27, 1994 (age 30) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Long Beach Poly (CA) |
| College: | UCLA |
| Undrafted: | 2017 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Randall Jordan Goforth (born January 27, 1994) is a former American football cornerback. He played college footballatUCLA.
As a freshman 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.[1]
In his career at UCLA Goforth totaled 250 tackles and 10 interceptions.
NCAA career statistics
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UCLA Bruins
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| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||
| Career | 43 | 162 | 88 | 250 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 10 | 168 | 16.8 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
186 lb (84 kg) |
4.55 s | 1.58 s | 2.62 s | 4.35 s | 7.13 s | 27 in (0.69 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
9 reps |
Goforth signed with the Philadelphia Eagles after going undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft.[2] On July 29, 2017, Goforth tore his ACLintraining camp and was placed on injured reserve, keeping him out the entire 2017 season.[3] On August 2, 2017 he was placed on injured reserve.[4] In his lone season with Philadelphia, Goforth went on to win Super Bowl LII with the Eagles against the New England Patriots 41-33.[5]
On July 24, 2018, Goforth was waived by the Eagles.[6]
In 2018, Goforth signed with the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season.[7] He was waived on March 6, 2019.
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.[8]
