FB Adds Gonzaga Transfer Demetri Goodson
8/26/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 26, 2011
WACO, Texas - Former Gonzaga starting point guard Demetri Goodson has enrolled at Baylor University for the fall semester and will join head coach Art Briles' football program. Goodson will have two years of football eligibility and can play immediately since Gonzaga does not offer football.
Goodson, a 6-foot, 175-pound guard, started 35 games for Gonzaga last season, averaging 5.2 points and 2.6 points to help the Zags to an 11th consecutive West Coast Conference championship. The Spring, Texas, native hasn't played football since starting as an all-district cornerback for Klein Collins High School as a sophomore. The younger brother of Carolina Panthers running back Mike Goodson, Demetri started 68 of 69 games in the last two seasons in the Gonzaga backcourt.
In December, Goodson was the starting point guard in Gonzaga's 68-64 upset win over then-No. 9 Baylor at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Goodson finished with six points, two assists and three steals in 31 minutes.
The former college point guard is expected to play defensive back for Baylor. He becomes the fifth Division I transfer on Baylor's 2011 roster, joining RB Terrance Ganaway (Houston), LB Cordarius Golston (Arizona), TE Jordan Najvar (Stanford) and RB Lache Seastrunk (Oregon).
