B.J. Goodson will join an organization that is known for great linebackers – Lawrence Taylor and Carl Banks – and he’s leaving a small town that produced Levon Kirkland, Michael Hamlin and Marshall McFadden.
However, when he puts on the New York Giants helmet he wants to make a name for himself and not be just another linebacker or just another NFL player from Lamar, South Carolina.
“I definitely want to make my own name, but as far as following those guys they are great off the field,” Goodson said. “They are even greater people.