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My Take
Najee Goode is my kind of football story, the long climb rather than the instant arrival. A Cleveland kid out of Benedictine High School, he went through West Virginia and was a fifth-round pick of Tampa Bay in 2012, then grinded his way to a Super Bowl LII ring with the Philadelphia Eagles. Linebackers selected that late rarely become household names, and that is exactly why I root for him. At 183 cm he did the unglamorous, indispensable work that wins games without headlines. I have always favored the player who simply keeps winning while nobody is watching.
Overview
Najee Goode (born June 4, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL draft. He also played with the Philadelphia Eagles, with whom he won Super Bowl LII.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Najee Goode
- Name (Japanese)
- ナジー・グッド
- Reading
- なじー・ぐっど
- Born
- June 4, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Benedictine High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.