1. Zaviar Gooden was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft.
12 Facts About Zaviar Gooden
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Zaviar Gooden attended Pflugerville High School, and played for he Pflugerville Panthers high school football team.
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Zaviar Gooden graduated from high school with a 3.9 grade point average.
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Zaviar Gooden received athletic scholarship offers from Oklahoma State, Purdue and Stanford, but chose to attend the University of Missouri.
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Zaviar Gooden enrolled in the University of Missouri, where he played for coach Gary Pinkel's Missouri Tigers football team from 2009 to 2012.
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Zaviar Gooden kept up his momentum in his junior season, with 80 tackles, one sack, two interceptions and four broken up passes in his 13 games.
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On September 5,2015, Zaviar Gooden was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, but was waived the following week.
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Zaviar Gooden was signed to the practice squad on September 21,2016.
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On November 1,2016, Zaviar Gooden was signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad.
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Zaviar Gooden was promoted to the active roster on November 18,2016.
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On September 2,2017, Zaviar Gooden was released by the Cardinals.
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Zaviar Gooden joined LSU as an assistant development coach in December 2021.