Deon Goggins to play in NFLPA all-star game
Deon Goggins plans to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Jan. 19. He is listed on the Bowl’s website as a defensive tackle, nose tackle and defensive end.
The Syracuse defensive tackle was a two-year starter for the Orange after transferring from Cerritos Community College. He averaged 3.8 tackles per game in his 25-game career, also featuring at defensive end.
The college all-star game put on by the NFL Players Association will kickoff at 6 p.m. Eastern time at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Dick Vermeil will coach the National Team against Herm Edwards’s American Team. The game includes 100 players, according to the game’s website.
Vermeil won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” in 1999 and Edwards coached in the NFL from 1990-2008 with the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets.
Former SU running back Antwon Bailey ran for 50 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries last year for Vermeil’s National Team before signing with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent May 2, 2012.
Published on January 9, 2013 at 8:44 pm
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