ESPN.com · Jul 4, 2016
Bills WR Goodwin falls short on long jump Rio bid
EUGENE, Ore. - After advancing through the preliminary round of the men's high jump Saturday, Marquise Goodwin said it was his dream to win an Olympic gold medal and an Super Bowl ring, both of which "are very hard to attain.''
That's especially true for Goodwin now. One, he's a receiver for the Buffalo Bills, who have never won a Super Bowl and haven't even been to the playoffs in 16 years. Two, despite having had the two longest leaps in the world earlier this year, he failed to make the U.S. Olympic team in Sunday's trials final. Goodwin finished seventh with a jump of 27 feet ¾ inches, more than a foot short of Jeffery Henderson's winning jump of 28 2 ¼ inches.
