129. Brett Goode: Finding a Role

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

According to the NCAA, only 3 percent of high school football players make it to Division 1. And of those players, less than 2 percent make it to the NFL. Getting there is hard enough. Locking down one of only 32 long snapper spots seems impossible. So how did Brett Goode go from snapping against the goal posts in high school to walking on at Arkansas, lasting a decade in the NFL and winning a Super Bowl title? To him, it was just hard work and a determination to live out a life-long dream. And along the way, he got to be a part of some incredible moments at Arkansas, and was a part of some incredible teams. That helped prepare him for the NFL: His first game was Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the Packers on Monday Night Football. That game was the first of 152 in the NFL for Goode, who won a Super Bowl along the way. It’s a storybook career for a guy who found a niche in high school and worked hard to become one of the 32 best in the world.

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0:00.0	So I was on a construction crew and we were getting you know getting ready to pour a driveway in concrete.
0:04.0	I'm down there in Fort Smith and my agent calls me he was like hey Packers want you to come work out.
0:09.0	Oh, okay. He's like yeah, they're guy got hurt. They're bringing you into other guys for the start of next week as
0:14.0	Monday night football the first game. So I was like oh here we go.
0:17.0	Did you say let me finish this driveway? No I took my tool belt off and said hey I'll
0:21.4	see y'all later I'm getting out of here. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made
0:37.9	possible by our friends at First Security Bank, Sarzan Resort, Abilita Maria, and South by Northwest Hospitality.
0:48.8	According to the NCAA, only 3% of high school football players make it to Division 1.
0:54.0	And of those players, less than 2% make it to the NFL.
0:58.0	Getting there is hard enough.
1:00.0	But when it's only one spot at your position for each team, it's even harder.
1:06.5	There's 32.
1:07.5	Yeah. They're not keeping them on the practice squad.
1:09.5	And if they get them, those are the longevity jobs.
1:13.0	Correct.
1:14.0	So how did Brett Good go from snapping against the goal post in high school to walking out at Arkansas,
1:20.0	then lasting a decade in the NFL, and winning a Super Bowl?
1:24.0	The final snap of Super Bowl 45.
1:27.0	The Green Bay Packers have won the Super Bowl.
1:31.0	To him it was just hard work into the Super Bowl.
1:33.2	To him it was just hard work and determination to live out a lifelong dream.
1:38.2	And along the way he got to be part of some incredible Arkansas moments. I mean we had everybody, you know my first year, you know, we're playing Tony Boo and all those guys, you know, going in my senior year we get college game day.
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