Key Tigers: Number 10
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Key Tigers for 2011
Top Tigers for 2011: Missouri opens fall camp on Thursday, August 4th. Over the next ten days, PowerMizzou.com is counting down the ten key Tigers for the 2011 season. These are not necessarily the ten best players on the team, but rather the players whose performance we feel will most impact the team's fortunes for the year. We start today with No. 10 and will add a new player to the list each day until we reach the top. All of PowerMizzou.com's camp previews will be free. If you are not yet a member, just try out our free trial.
PowerMizzou.com's Key Tigers
Player
Analysis
No. 10
6-foot-2, 230 pounds
Redshirt Junior
Linebacker
Last Year: 85 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 FR, 2 INT, 1 FF
In his first year as a starter, Gooden led the team in tackles as a sophomore. He also made arguably the season's biggest play, a fourth-quarter interception of Landry Jones that led to a two-possession lead over Oklahoma. But last year, Gooden had Andrew Gachkar on the other side to take some of the pressure off of him. This year, it is Gooden expected to be the main man in the middle of the defense. He is on the pre-season Bednarik and Lombardi Watch lists. Phil Steele tabbed him a first-team all-Big 12 performer. If he lives up to the latter, the Tiger defense shouldn't take a step back.