Jason Goss
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College/Personal
Jason Goss (Jason Tamon Goss) was born on October 4, 1979.After going to high school at O.D. Wyatt (Fort Worth, TX), Goss attended Texas Christian Universitywhere he played four seasons. At Texas Christian University he posted 160 tackles, 56 pass deflections and 14 interceptions, he ranks fifth on the school’s career-record list. He also returned 39 punts for 399 yards and a touchdown.
Pro
Played in four games with the Arizona Cardinals during the regular season after they claimed him off waivers from the Chicago Bears on September 1st...finished the regular season with one solo tackle and one punt return for seven yards...made his NFL debut in Arizona's 50-14 loss in San Francisco on December 7th...signed as an un-drafted free-agent with the Chicago Bears on April 28th...attended the Bears training camp and was released on August 31.
Made two defensive tackles and returned four punts 16 yards in the Hamilton Tiger-cats 24-6 East Semi-Final loss in Toronto...returned three punts in Hamilton's 24-19 victory in Ottawa on October 30th...returned seven punts 46 yards, made two defensive tackles and knocked down one pass in Hamilton's 38-31 loss in Toronto on October 21st...recovered a key fumble in overtime to secure the Tiger-Cats a 20-17 victory over Ottawa on October 15th to clinch the Hamilton their first playoff berth since 2001...made one defensive tackle and returned three punts 17 yards in Hamilton's 20-13 victory over Winnipeg on October 8th...made four defensive tackles, returned five punts 93 yards and two kickoffs 34 yards in Hamilton's 30-27 victory over Edmonton on October 1st...made two defensive tackles and one special teams tackle in Hamilton's 32-30 loss to Saskatchewan on September 19th...in his Tiger-Cat debut, a 47-18 loss in Montreal on September 12th, Goss made two defensive tackles and forced one fumble...re-signed with Arizona on March 26th...attended the Cardinal's training camp and was released on August 22nd.
Finished his 2005 campaign with 47 defensive tackles, eight special teams tackles and a team-high seven interceptions...recorded the fourth highest single-season interception return yards total in Ticats history (187)...started at halfback and made two defensive tackles in Hamilton's 16-16 pre-season tie with Toronto in Halifax on June 11th...started at halfback and made one defensive tackle in Hamilton's 34-31 pre-season loss to Toronto on June 17th...started at halfback returned an Anthony Calvillo interception 75 yards for a touchdown and made two defensive tackles in the Tiger-Cats 31-21 season opening loss at Montreal on June 22nd...started at halfback and made one defensive tackle along with knocking down one pass in Hamilton's 23-21 loss to Saskatchewan on July 2nd...started at halfback, making one defensive tackle, intercepting one pass and knocking down another in the Tiger-Cats 32-13 loss at Saskatchewan on July 17th...started at halfback, making four defensive tackles and intercepting one pass in the Tiger-Cats 28-22 loss to B.C. on July 23rd...started at halfback, making two defensive tackles and one special teams tackle in the Tiger-Cats 36-30 loss at Edmonton on July 30th...started at halfback, making three defensive tackles and knocking down one pass in Hamilton's 28-12 loss to Ottawa on August 6th...started at halfback and made four defensive tackles in Hamilton's 44-14 loss at Winnipeg on August 13th...started at halfback and made five defensive tackles in the Tiger-Cats 39-15 loss at B.C. on August 19th...started at halfback and made four defensive tackles in the Tiger-Cats 41-39 victory over Winnipeg on August 26th...started at halfback, making four defensive tackles and one special teams tackle in the Tiger-Cats 33-30 victory over Toronto on September 5th...started at halfback, making two defensive tackles and intercepting one pass in the Tiger-Cats 48-0 loss at Toronto on September 10th...started at halfback, making three defensive tackles, one special teams tackle and intercepted one pass in the Tiger-Cats 39-17 loss to Calgary on September 17th...started at halfback, making two defensive tackles, one special teams tackle and knocking down one pass in the Tiger-Cats 40-14 victory over Edmonton on September 30th...started at halfback, making two special teams tackles and one defensive tackle in the Tiger-Cats 43-21 loss at Ottawa on October 7th...started at halfback, making one defensive tackle and knocking down one pass in Hamilton's 34-17 loss at Calgary on October 14th...started at halfback, returning an interception 43 yards for a score, making two special teams tackles, one defensive tackle and knocking down one pass in the Tiger-Cats 40-32 victory over Ottawa on October 21st...started at halfback, recording five defensive tackles in the Ticats 34-11 loss in Toronto on October 27...started at halfback, recording two defensive tackles and an interception in the Ticats 15-9 win versus Montreal on November 4.
Played in 10 games posting 29 defensive tackles, three knockdowns, one sack, one forced fumble and one tackle for a loss. He also had two interceptions. One he returned 109 yards for a touchdown against Calgary and the other he returned 53 yards for a touchdown against Montreal.
Goss was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos on February 13.Goss was named Edmonton's top defensive player. Goss started the final 17 games of the regular season in his first season in Edmonton, leading the team in interceptions with five. Goss returned two of those interceptions for touchdowns, placing him second all-time with six career interception return touchdowns. He was second on the Eskimos in pass knockdowns with six.
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| year | team | league | games | RET | YDS | AVG | FC | LNG | TD |
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| 2003 | ARI | NFL | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 year NFL career | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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