#5 - Tyshon Goode
Twitter: Hargrave Academy
Position: WR
Year: Jr./Jr.
Hometown: Syracuse, N.Y.
High School: Nottingham
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185

Career

• Ranks sixth among KSU all-time leaders with 12 touchdown catches

• Ranks fourth in career recptions with 136

• Ranks fourth in career receiving yards with 1,814

• Had a reception in 25-of-26 games played from 2009-11, including 22 straight games.

 

2011 Junior Season

• Named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-MAC Third Team

• Had season-highs of five catches and 129 yards against Eastern Michigan

• Made first touchdown grab of the year against South Alabama

• Set new season-high for receiving yards (129) against Eastern Michigan and a season-long 70 yard reception

 

2010 Sophomore Season

• Earned All-MAC Second Team honors

• Led the Golden Flashes in catches (59), receiving yards (743), and touchdown receptions (5)

• Named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week after making a career-high 12 catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns at Bowling Green

• Also earned Honorable Mention as National Wide Receiver Performer of the Week by College Football Performace Awards following performace at Bowling Green

• Caught seven passes for 155 yards and a touchdown against Army

• Made seven grabs for 79 yards at Western Michigan

• Caught an 11-yard touchdown pass against Akron

 

2009 Freshman Season

• Named to Phil Steele’s All-Freshman second team and was an honorable mention Freshman All-American according to CollegeFootballNews.com

• Was also one of 10 players named to ESPN.com’s Non-BCS All-Freshman squad

• Set school freshman records with 53 receptions (T-5th overall), 755 yards (7th) and five touchdowns (T-8th)

• Set freshman single-game records with 11 grabs (T-8th overall) for 198 yards (9th) and a pair of touchdowns Oct. 31 against Western Michigan

• Had at least one catch in 11 of 12 games, recording three straight 100-yard games from Oct. 24-Nov. 7

• Ranked ninth in the MAC in receiving yards per game (62.9) and 12th in receptions per game (4.4)

• Had six grabs for 84 yards in collegiate debut against Coastal Carolina Sept. 3

• Made nine catches for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns at Ohio Oct. 24

• Hauled in eight catches for 132 yards Nov. 7 at Akron

 

Prior To Kent State

• Was a two-time all-state and three-time all-league honoree at running back for Nottingham High School

• Compiled 3,771 yards rushing and 40 touchdowns over his final three seasons, including a 1,400-yard, 15-TD effort as a senior

• Played for Paul Sealy at Nottingham and Robert Prunty at Hargrave

• Enrolled at Kent State in the spring and practiced with the team

 

Personal

• Born Feb. 20, 1990

• Son of Diedra Glenn

• Has two sisters, Cintia and Cinte Johnson, and a brother, Tommy Checks

• Cintia was a three-year letterwinner at guard for the Syracuse women’s basketball team

• Majoring in communication

• Last name is pronounced “good.”