{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Kerry Goode | number = 27, 22 | position = Running back | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|28}} | birth_place = Town Creek, Alabama, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 200 | high_school = Hazlewood<br/>(Town Creek, Alabama) | college = Alabama | draftyear = 1988 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 167 | pastteams = * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1988}}) * Denver Broncos (1989)* * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1989}}) | pastcoaching = * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1993|1997}}) <br> Assistant strength & conditioning coach * St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|1998}}) <br> Assistant strength & conditioning coach | statlabel1 = Rushing yards | statvalue1 = 231 | statlabel2 = Rushing average | statvalue2 = 3.7 | statlabel3 = Receptions | statvalue3 = 7 | statlabel4 = Receiving yards | statvalue4 = 68 | pfr = GoodKe00 }}
'''Kerry Goode''' (born July 28, 1965) is an American former professional football player who played running back for four seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoodKe00.htm Kerry Goode]. Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2012.</ref>
==Early life== Goode led the Hazlewood Golden Bears to state championships both his junior and senior year while being selected as 2A player of the year in football.
==College career== Goode would go on to play college ball for Alabama where he was named freshman of year in the Southeastern Conference in 1983.
In the first game of the 1984 Alabama season against Boston College, Goode totaled 297 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns until sustaining a major knee injury in the third quarter that would plague him the rest of his playing days. Many observers believe had it not been for that injury, Goode might have become an all-time great at Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Goode might have been an all-time Alabama great if not for knee injury in 1984 opener|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2015/09/kerry_goode_might_have_been_an.html|website=AL.com|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref>
==Professional career== Goode was selected in the seventh round and 167th overall of the 1988 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who was then coached by his former Alabama coach Ray Perkins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played in 14 games with five starts for the Bucs in 1988, gaining 231 rushing yards. He played in one game for the 1989 Miami Dolphins, but another knee injury in that one game ended that season for him.
==Coaching career== He coached for the NFL New York Giants 1993–96, and St. Louis Rams 1997–99.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Goode Bio|url=https://pro-football-history.com/coach/11807/kerry-goode-bio|website=Pro Football History.com|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is brother to Chris Goode, Pierre Goode, and Clyde Goode III, and cousin to Antonio Langham, all of whom played college football at Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Town Creek: Alabama's Powerhouse Football Pipeline |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/166521-an-alabama-pipeline-town-creek-alabama |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=BleacherReport.com}}</ref>
Goode was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease) in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who We Are|url=https://www.goodefoundation.org/who-we-are|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Goode Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>
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