Northwestern has added another member to its 2016 recruiting class in linebacker Mark Gooden from Reynoldsburg High School (Reynoldsburg, Ohio). Gooden himself took to Twitter to announce the news.
— Mark Gooden (@Next_up_89) July 8, 2015
Gooden stands 6'1" and weighs in at 221 pounds. He is officially listed as a weak-side linebacker and defensive end by 247 sports, who rated him with a .8033 composite score
His offer list was impressive. Northwestern beat out several other Power 5 schools, including Iowa, Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest. He had also received interest from Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and West Virginia.