South Carolina Gamecocks

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Mikal Goodman

Class: RS Senior Hometown: Daytona Beach, Fla. High School: New Smyrna Beach

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 197 Position: WR Birthdate: 07/29/1981 Experience: 2VL Major: Retailing

2002-- Backup wide receiver and special teams performer who appeared in 10 games with one start (vs. Vanderbilt) ... Finished the campaign with 10 receptions for 121 yards ... Had a long reception of 28 yards against Vanderbilt ... Had three catches for 32 yards in the Homecoming win over Mississippi State ... Had two grabs for 17 yards vs. Florida.

2001 -- Junior wide receiver who was hampered by injuries much of the year ... Appeared in two games on the season ... Was bothered with a groin injury, which curtailed his playing time ... Saw action in the Boise State and Kentucky games ... Made the move to wide receiver at the beginning of 2001 preseason camp ... Is expected to move back to quarterback during 2002 spring practice.

2000 -- Was moved to secondary from quarterback at midseason ... While playing quarterback, he led the White squad to victory in the Spring Game, as he entered the game late and engineered his team to an eight-play, 50-yard touchdown drive which clinched the win.

1999 -- Thrust into a prominent role once starting quarterback Phil Petty went down with a knee injury in the season's fourth game ... Compound that injury with the loss of Josh Rogers with a thumb injury and Goodman suddenly became USC's lone quarterback on scholarship ... Appeared in seven games with three starts -- vs. Ole Miss, Kentucky and Tennessee ... Displayed remarkable poise for a true rookie in the SEC ... Made good decisions in the passing game ... Completed 32 of 65 passes for 572 yards and three touchdowns with just one interception ... Completed eight of 15 passes for 147 yards in his first career start against Ole Miss ... Was six of 13 for 181 yards, one touchdown and one interception against Kentucky ... Connected on four of six passes for 30 yards and one TD vs. Arkansas ... Against Tennessee, he was seven of 14 for 121 yards and one TD ... Threw a season-long 78-yard touchdown pass to Kerry Hood against Kentucky ... Threw a 24-yard scoring strike to Ben Fleming against Tennessee ... Connected with Kerry Hood on a nine-yard TD pass at Arkansas.

HIGH SCHOOL -- Was an option quarterback at New Smyrna Beach High School outside of Daytona Beach ... Rushed for 693 yards and passed for 1,521 yards and 16 touchdowns, while only throwing two interceptions his senior year ... Guided his team to an 11-2 record and the semifinals of the Florida 4A State Playoffs his senior year ... Played for Coach Gerald Odom at New Smyrna Beach High.