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Tavares Gooden

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Houston Texans · LB

Tavares Gooden recorded 40 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with HST, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers, BLT, Baltimore Ravens.

▶Best highlights

1.9

tackles/gm

5

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

40

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Tavares Gooden's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XLVII
BALTIMORERAVENS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
FEB 3, 2013

Baltimore Ravens vs San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XLVII · Feb 3, 2013

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2011
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 14, 2012

New Orleans Saints vs San Francisco 49ers

Divisional Round · Jan 14, 2012

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2009
BALTIMORERAVENS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
JAN 16, 2010

Baltimore Ravens vs Indianapolis Colts

Divisional Round · Jan 16, 2010

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2010
BALTIMORERAVENS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 15, 2011

Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2011

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2009
BALTIMORERAVENS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 10, 2010

Baltimore Ravens vs New England Patriots

Wild Card · Jan 10, 2010

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Tavares Gooden's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Regular Season
2009
BALTIMORERAVENS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
OCT 18, 2009

Baltimore Ravens vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Oct 18, 2009

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2010
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 19, 2010

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 19, 2010

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2011
ARIZONACARDINALS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
NOV 20, 2011

Arizona Cardinals vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Nov 20, 2011

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Tavares Gooden's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2007–2012

01
BALGOODEN—Tavares Gooden
BALFLACCO5Joe Flacco
BALRICE27Ray Rice

Five straight postseasons end with a championship

Baltimore Ravens · Flacco's January run

John Harbaugh and Flacco reached the playoffs in each of their first five seasons together, culminating in four road-or-neutral wins and the Super Bowl XLVII title.

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Franchise era

2011–2014

02
SFGOODEN—Tavares Gooden
SFWILLIS52Patrick Willis
SFGORE21Frank Gore

A ferocious defense reaches three NFC title games

San Francisco 49ers · Harbaugh's instant contender

Jim Harbaugh immediately unlocked a loaded roster, reaching Super Bowl XLVII and three straight conference championship games.

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Franchise era

2011–2016

03
HOUGOODEN—Tavares Gooden
HOUWATT99J.J. Watt
HOUFOSTER23Arian Foster

Defense brings January football to Houston

Houston Texans · Watt and the first playoff teams

Wade Phillips's defense and Foster's zone running produced consecutive division titles, while Watt became the era's defining defensive player.

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Career accomplishments

6 NFL seasons40 career games60 career solo tacklesDrafted by: BLTDraft pick: 71Jersey: 525 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 21, 2008Most recent: Nov 3, 2013

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history