Marquise Goodwin

Marquise Goodwin
No. 88 Buffalo Bills
Position: Wide receiver / kickoff returner
Personal information
Date of birth: (1990-11-19) November 19, 1990
Place of birth: Lubbock, Texas
Height: 5 ft 8.875 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school: Rowlett (TX)
College: Texas
NFL draft: 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 78
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2015
Receptions: 20
Receiving yards: 349
Receiving TDs: 3
Player stats at NFL.com

Marquise Derell Goodwin (born November 19, 1990) is an American football player and Olympian. He's a wide receiver and kickoff returner for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) and he also competes in the long jump in track and field. He was drafted by the Bills in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft and has played two seasons with the Bills. He played college football at Texas.

In track and field, his specialty is the long jump, an event in which he won two national college championships. Goodwin represented the United States at the 2008 IAAF World junior championships, the 2011 World University games, the 2011 IAAF World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2015 Pan American Games, where he won silver. He has competed as a long jumper and sprinter, and has been a top competitor in the 60 meters and 100 meters dashes, and the triple jump.

Early years

Goodwin was born in Lubbock, Texas. He attended Rowlett High School in Rowlett, Texas, and played high school football and competed in track and field for the Rowlett Eagles. He had the second fastest 100-meter time (10.24w) in the state, was the state champion in the triple jump and long jump, and was a member of the state title-winning 4×100-meter relay team.[1] He won seven Texas Class 5A state track and field championships while he was at Rowlett. He also finished first in the long jump at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz, Poland,[2] and first again at the 2008 and 2009 United States Junior Championships. At the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Goodwin set the national high school record in the long jump and placed fifth (8.18 meters; 26 feet, 10 inches).[3][4][5]

As a Rowlett Eagles football player, he caught 132 passes for 1,709 yards (12.95 average) and 17 touchdowns during his high school career.[6]

College career

Goodwin received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He played for coach Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns football team from 2009 to 2012, and also competed for the Texas Longhorns track and field team from 2010 to 2012.

College track and field

Goodwin was a two-time NCAA champion in the long jump (2010, 2012) and a four-time All-American in track and field. He won five Big 12 Conference championships and made the All-Big 12 team seven times. He is the Longhorns' indoor record holder in the long jump and was the runner-up for the 2012 NCAA Indoor long jump title.

He won the 2011 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field long jump title with a personal-best 27 feet, 4 inches (8.33 meters).

He chose not to compete in the 2013 NCAA track and field seasons in indoor or outdoor.

College football

In his career, Goodwin started 21 of the 49 games in which he appeared, including the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. His final career statistics included 116 receptions for 1296 yards and 6 touchdowns, 45 times for 341 yards and 44 kickoff returns for 985 yards and one touchdown. He also returned a punt for 22 yards.

Some of his key plays include his first touchdown of his 2009 freshman year, a game-winning touchdown in a 16-13 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.[7] Goodwin also returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to seal the Longhorns' win over Texas A&M Aggies.[8]

In the 2012 season, Goodwin was named a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy.[9]

In the 2012 Alamo Bowl versus Oregon State, Goodwin rushed for a 64-yard touchdown, and caught the game-winning, 36-yard touchdown pass—an effort that was good enough to earn him the game's Offensive Most Valuable Player trophy.

Professional career

2013 NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
5 ft 8.875 in 192 lb 4.25[10] s 1.50 s 2.41 s 4.09 s 6.66 s 42 in 11 ft 0 in 13 reps
All values from NFL Combine.[11]

After posting the third-fastest 40 time ever at the NFL scouting combine, Goodwin was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round, with the 78th overall pick, of the 2013 NFL Draft.[12]

Buffalo Bills

On May 10, 2013, Goodwin signed a four-year contract with the Buffalo Bills, where he also practiced in his first day of Rookie Minicamp.[13]

He caught his first career touchdown Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals, a 40-yard pass from Thaddeus Lewis. Goodwin played 12 games in his rookie season of 2013 making 17 receptions for 283 receiving yards. He also had 16 kickoff return opportunities totaling 351 returning yards.

In 2014, hobbled by numerous injuries (concussion, ankle, ribs, hamstring), he caught only 1 pass for 42 yards.

Track career

Marquise Goodwin

Marquise Goodwin at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality American
Residence Austin, Texas
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg)
Sport
Country United States United States
Sport Track and Field
Event(s) Long Jump, 60m, 100m, 200m, 4x100, Triple Jump
College team University of Texas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Long Jump: 8.37m, (Eugene, OR 2015)
  • 60m: 6.69s, (Arkansas 2010)
  • 100m: 10.24ws (10.24w), (Austin, TX 2009)
  • 200m: 21.24s, (Austin, TX 2009)
  • Triple Jump: 15.38m, (Austin, TX 2009)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen Long Jump
World Junior Championships
2008 Bydgoszcz Long Jump
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Long Jump

Goodwin made the 2012 United States Olympic team in the long jump with a career-best and meet-best mark of 8.33m (27-04.25) at the US Olympic Team Trials, a jump that would have been good enough to win the gold medal at the following Olympics.

At the Olympics, he qualified for the finals on his first jump of 8.11m (26-7), but he failed to match that performance in the finals and finished in 10th place.[14]

In 2015, after a three-year absence, he returned to track and field. In his first event back, despite jumping a career best 8.37m (27-05.5), he finished in 4th place, just missing qualification for the World Championship.[15] A month later, at the 2015 Pan Am Games, he earned a silver medal with a jump of 8.27m (27-1)[16]

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