Marquise Goodwin

Marquise Derell Goodwin (born November 19, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL).

He also is an Olympian who competed in the long jump in track and field.

Goodwin represented the United States at the 2008 IAAF World junior championships, the 2011 World University games, the 2011 IAAF World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2015 Pan American Games, where he won silver.

He has competed as a long jumper and sprinter, and has been a top competitor in the 60 meters and 100 meters dashes, and the triple jump.

Goodwin was born in Lubbock, Texas.

He attended Rowlett High School in Rowlett, Texas, and played high school football and competed in track and field for the Rowlett Eagles.

He had the second fastest 100-meter time (10.24w) in the state, was the state champion in the triple jump and long jump, and was a member of the state title-winning 4×100-meter relay team.

He won seven Texas Class 5A state track and field championships while he was at Rowlett.

He also finished first in the long jump at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and first again at the 2008 and 2009 United States Junior Championships.

At the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Goodwin set the national high school record in the long jump and placed fifth (8.18 m).

In his high school career, he caught 132 passes for 1,709 yards (12.95 average) and 17 touchdowns.

Goodwin received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

He played for coach Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns football team from 2009 to 2012, and also competed for the Texas Longhorns track and field team from 2010 to 2012.

Some of his key plays include his first touchdown of his 2009 freshman year, a game-winning touchdown in a 16–13 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.

Goodwin also returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to seal the Longhorns' win over the Texas A&M Aggies.

Goodwin was a two-time NCAA champion in the long jump (2010, 2012) and a four-time All-American in track and field.

He won five Big 12 Conference championships and made the All-Big 12 team seven times.

In his collegiate career, Goodwin started 21 of the 49 games in which he appeared, including the 2010 BCS National Championship Game against Alabama.

His final career statistics included 116 receptions for 1,296 yards and six touchdowns, rushed 46 times for 405 yards and 44 kickoff returns for 985 yards and one touchdown.

He also returned a punt for 22 yards.

In the 2010 season, Goodwin had 31 receptions for 324 yards and one touchdown.

He won the 2011 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field long jump title with a personal-best 27 ft and won the 2012 Outdoor Championship/Olympic Trials with the same distance.

In the 2011 season, he had 33 receptions for 421 yards and two touchdowns.

He is the Longhorns' indoor record holder in the long jump and was the runner-up for the 2012 NCAA Indoor long jump title.

He competed in the 2012 Olympics, ranking tied for the #1 qualifier, but only managed 10th place in the final.

In the 2012 season, Goodwin was named a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy.

In the 2012 Alamo Bowl against Oregon State, Goodwin rushed for a 64-yard touchdown, and caught the game-winning, 36-yard touchdown pass—an effort that was good enough to earn him the game's Offensive Most Valuable Player trophy.

In the 2012 season, he had 26 receptions for 340 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.

He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round with the 78th pick of the 2013 NFL Draft.

He played college football at Texas.

In track and field, his specialty is the long jump, an event in which he won two national college championships.

He chose not to compete in the 2013 NCAA track and field seasons in indoor or outdoor.

Goodwin went on to compete in the 2013 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

After posting the third-fastest 40-yard dash time ever at the NFL scouting combine, Goodwin was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round, with the 78th overall pick, of the 2013 NFL Draft.

On May 10, 2013, he signed a four-year contract with the Bills, where he also practiced in his first day of rookie minicamp.

He caught his first career touchdown Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals, a 40-yard pass from Thaddeus Lewis.

Goodwin played 12 games in his rookie season making 17 receptions for 283 receiving yards.

He also had 16 kickoff return opportunities totaling 351 returning yards.

In 2014, hobbled by numerous injuries (concussion, ankle, ribs, and hamstring), Goodwin caught only one pass for 42 yards, which came against the Detroit Lions.

After missing five games with broken ribs, Goodwin posted two receptions for 24 yards in the 2015 season.