2005: Showed continued improvement in every game as starter at middle linebacker... Concluded season as team's third leading tackler with 47 solo stops and 63 total tackles... Established new season career highs in virtually every defensive category, including tackles for loss (3) and quarterback hurries (2)... Also contributed a quarterback sack and two defensed passes.

2004: Played in every game, starting final four outings at middle linebacker... First collegiate start came at LSU.

2003: Redshirted. Earned scout team Defensive Player of the Week honors after UT-Chattanooga and Mississippi State games.

High School: Three-year starter and captain for Boston area power... Started at safety and receiver as sophomore; safety, receiver and quarterback as junior, and tailback and outside linebacker as senior... Team posted undefeated regular season records in 2001 and 2002...Rushed for 920 yards for 104 attempts in 2002... Passed for nine TDs and ran for 642 yards as junior quarterback... All-conference selection in 2001 and 2002... Also started for basketball and track & field squad... One of state's top track & field athletes with bests of 11.0 (100 meters) and 151' (discus throw).

Personal: Jonathan T. Goff... Born in Atlanta, Ga... Raised by his mother, Gwendolyn Tyre, who is a Boston administrator... Older brother, Jason, attends Morehouse (Ga.) College... Prep teammate of Commodore sophomore tight end Jonathan Loyte... During summers mentored youngsters near hometown... Plans to major in engineering... Honor student and high academic achiever who participated in Johns Hopkins University Gifted and Talented Student Program and St. John's Prep Leadership Institute... Campus ministry retreat leader... Earned St. John's French Award in 2000... Travelled to Europe with Men's Honors Chorus.