Tag: Ralen Goforth

Green Bay Packers UDFA Profile: LB Ralen Goforth

Here is a breakdown and what you need to know about Packers UDFA linebacker Ralen Goforth from Washington.

The Green Bay Packers signed eight undrafted rookies following the 2024 NFL Draft. Given the Packers’ rich history of UDFAs not only making the team but eventually becoming impact players, let’s get to know each of these signees.

Next up is Washington linebacker Ralen Goforth. If you missed the previous profiles, you can find them below:

OL Donovan Jennings
RB Jarveon Howard
DL James Ester

Height: 6-1
Weight: 227
RAS: 7.67

College profile

Breakdown: Goforth played five collegiate seasons, with the first four coming at USC, prior to transferring to Washington for his final season. He played 1,602 career snaps, totaling 135 solo tackles while holding pass-catchers to 11.3 yards per catch with five pass breakups – three of which came in 2023 – and one interception. Goforth also played 452 special teams snaps across multiple phases.

As you’ll see outlined in the draft profile below, from a skill set standpoint, Goforth fits the mold of what the Packers were looking for when they drafted Edgerrin Cooper and Ty’Ron Hopper. Some of the buzzwords from NFL Draft Bible’s profile included “hard-hitting” and “blitzing ability.”

While the 53-man roster seems pretty well set at the linebacker position, GM Brian Gutekunst did say at the NFL Combine that the shift to a 4-3 defense will result in the Packers having to carry more linebackers on both the active roster and the practice squad compared to previous seasons, which could create an opportunity for Goforth to make the practice squad with a strong summer.

Draft profile from NFL Draft Bible: “A hard-hitting linebacker with a ton of pop and blitzing ability that can play Mike linebacker in the league. He is already good enough in zone but needs to become a better man coverage linebacker to fully unlock his potential.”

USC transfer LB Ralen Goforth stays in Pac-12, heads to Washington

The #USC Trojans lost LB Ralen Goforth, who is headed to the Washington Huskies via the transfer portal. It’s the latest transfer between two Pac-12 schools.

The transfer portal is as hot as they come right now, and the Pac-12 has seen quite a bit of movement in recent days. Monday has involved a flurry of activity in the conference, with a number of players transferring between schools within the league.

Earlier on Monday, Oregon commit Dante Moore flipped his decision and headed to UCLA instead of Oregon. Arizona standout WR Dorian Singer dashed for USC, and now USC transfer LB Ralen Goforth has left the Trojans and will stay in the Pac-12 Conference, deciding to play for the Washington Huskies (h/t Mike Vorel of The Seattle Times).

“Goforth — a senior and former St. John Bosco High School standout — announced a transfer to Washington from USC on Monday, immediately following an official visit. The Long Beach, California, product has one season of remaining eligibility,” Vorel wrote.

Goforth announced his decision to transfer from USC following the Pac-12 title game loss to Utah. Now he will play for the Huskies and Kalen DeBoer, who had a magnificent season in his first year as UW’s head coach.

In his fourth season with the Trojans, Goforth had 39 total tackles and a pick-six, which came against Rice. Then he made more headlines with a massive hit on Utah QB Cam Rising in the Pac-12 title game.

Goforth will offer a notable boost to the Huskies’ defense, and he will get one chance to play against the Trojans in 2023 — in L.A.

[mm-video type=video id=01gm9qwfp301nx1fxmsa playlist_id=none player_id=01f5k5y2jb3twsvdg4 image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01gm9qwfp301nx1fxmsa/01gm9qwfp301nx1fxmsa-5f1ce800029f353b16aab280fdc8f9aa.jpg]

[listicle id=53979]

USC got some players back vs Colorado, but questions linger heading into UCLA

Let’s give you an update of the important non-Travis Dye injury situations heading into UCLA. It’s Bruin Week now.

The Travis Dye injury was and is the huge story for USC in the Colorado game, and we have a bunch of stories this Saturday morning on that crushing turn of events. We do have other important items to cover, however, and the best place to start is the collection of other injury and player availability situations facing the Trojans with UCLA Game Week now upon us.

USC needs all hands on deck against the Bruins. It’s the defining game of the season even when the Trojans and Bruins aren’t very good. This year, of course, they are both very good. The winner likely gets a spot opposite Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The winner might also have a good shot at a New Year’s Six bowl bid.

Let’s give you a look at the other important non-Travis Dye injury situations at USC:

USC defense, missing Eric Gentry and several other players, hangs on and survives vs Arizona

This was pure survival for #USC. No one was expecting a good performance once it became known that Eric Gentry and Ralen Goforth were both ruled out vs Arizona.

Survival.

That’s what this game against Arizona was for USC’s defense.

It’s weird: The Trojans had a week off. Presumably, this gave them a chance to get healthy. Yet, while it was already known that Eric Gentry — injured against Utah — might not play against Arizona, fellow linebacker Ralen Goforth was also ruled out for this game in Tucson.

Shane Lee is still not 100-percent healthy.

Korey Foreman was out and therefore not able to give USC an extra body on its front seven. This is in addition to Romello Height being out for the season.

USC wasn’t going to play a great defensive game. It just had to be good enough.

It was.

Let’s look at how the evening unfolded in Tucson: