2022 USC Football Roster
Roster
Ralen Goforth
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, CA
- High School:
- St. John Bosco HS
CAREER: In his career, he has 105 tackles (4 for losses of 8 yards), 2 deflections, 1 fumble recovery and 1 forced fumble. He has appeared in 29 games in his career, with 13 starts.
2022: Goforth, a verteran starter, returns to make an impact at inside linebacker a a senior in 2022.
2021: Goforth started at inside linebacker as a junior in 2021. Overall in 2021 while appearing in all 12 games (with 8 starts, all but San Jose State, Stanford, Washington State and Utah), he had 61 tackles (second on USC), including 1 for a 3-yard loss, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
He had 1 tackle against San Jose State, 4 stops versus Stanford, a team-best 11 tacles versus Oregon State, 5 tackles at Colorado, 8 tackles against Utah (all in the second half because he had to sit out the first half after a targeting penalty the previous game), 7 tackles at Notre Dame, 3 tackles against Arizona, 5 tackles and a fumble recovery at Arizona State, 5 tackles against UCLA, 8 tackles and a forced fumble against BYU and 6 tackles (1 for a loss) at California.
2020: Goforth made an impact as a starting inside linebacker as a sophomore in 2020. Overall in 2020 while starting all 5 games he played (all but Washington State), he had 38 tackles (fourth on USC), including 3 for losses of 5 yards, and 2 deflections. He sprained his foot at Utah and was sidelined for the Washington State game. He had 5 tackles (0.5 for loss) against Arizona State, 6 tackles (0.5 for loss) at Arizona, a game-best 12 tackles (0.5 for loss) and 2 deflections at Utah, 9 tackles (1.5 for loss) at UCLA and 6 tackles against Oregon.
2019: Goforth, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2019 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw action at inside linebacker and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in 12 games (all but Notre Dame), he had 6 tackles. He had 1 tackle against Stanford and BYU, 3 against Arizona and 1 at California.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2018 PrepStar All-Western Region, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, All-CIF Division 1, Los Angeles Times All-Area and Long Beach Press-Telegram All-Area first team as a senior outside linebacker at St. John Bosco High in Bellflower (Calif.). He had 103 tackles, including 7 for losses (with 6 sacks), plus 3 deflections and a fumble recovery in 2018. St. John Bosco advanced to the 2018 CIF Division 1 championship game.
As a 2017 junior, he had 44 tackles, 4 deflections and a fumble recovery.
As a 2016 sophomore, he had 64 tackles, 2 deflections, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble on defense and 27 yards on 8 carries (3.4 avg) and a 4-yard reception on offense. Current Trojans Spencer Gilbert, Jude Wolfe, Chris Steele, Will Rose, Kobe Pepe, Danny Lockhart Jr., Matt Colombo and Maximus Gibbs also prepped at St. John Bosco.
He also was on St. John Bosco’s track team.
PERSONAL: He is a psychology major at USC. His brother, Randall, was a cornerback at UCLA (2012-16) who spent 2017 on injured reserve with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and then was with the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football in 2019.
