Tyler Goodson

Career StatsD

Year	Team	GP	Yards	TD	YPC
Career		33	264	1	4.9
2025		11	24	0	2.7
2024		16	153	1	4.8
2023		6

Season	Team	GP	Att	Yds	TD	YPC	Grade
2025		11	—	24	0	2.7	F F Bottom 5%
2024		16	—	153	1	4.8	F F Bottom 5%
2023		6	—	87	0	6.7	D- D- Bottom 12%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Spotrac flags Tyler Goodson's contract as a market-rate deal; FanVerdicts grades it D+ Contract Value Index because the production-to-pay ratio shakes out accordingly. At $1.145M on a one-year deal, Goodson is priced like a depth piece—which is exactly what he is. His 2025 season with Indianapolis tells the full story: 8 receiving yards across 11 games is replacement-level production, the kind of output that gets you cut without leverage or fanfare. For a fourth-year player at 25 years old, the expected trajectory points toward a veteran camp body competing for a practice-squad spot, not a rotational contributor; the CVI grade reflects that reality without penalty, since the Falcons are paying accordingly and carrying minimal risk on a one-year commitment. Media framing and fan sentiment align here—this is routine roster construction, a low-cost audition during the offseason phase with no playoff implications, anchored by Goodson's regional Atlanta connection and prior Indianapolis familiarity. The contract poses zero cap burden and zero long-term exposure; the only question is whether he wins a reserve or practice-squad role in camp, which is precisely the ceiling the price tag implies.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the D band — a quick read on where Tyler's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Snap share and per-play impact line up to a D performance grade for Tyler Goodson. The fourth-year running back has failed to establish himself as a reliable contributor at the NFL level, and his 2025 season numbers—8 receiving yards across 11 games—underscore the minimal offensive role he's held wherever he lands. His one bright spot in the data is the tackle count (8 total), which suggests he's at least active in limited special teams deployment, but that's a thin consolation for a player who was drafted to carry a football, not chase opponents downfield as a depth reserve. Goodson appeared in 11 games last season with virtually no offensive production to speak of, cementing his status as a practice-squad-adjacent depth piece rather than a competition threat in any backfield. The Falcons' signing of him during the offseason reads exactly as the media has framed it—a low-risk camp body with a local Atlanta connection and prior Indianapolis familiarity, but no track record that suggests he'll displace anyone on the active roster. At 25 with four seasons already in the rearview, Goodson is running out of runway to prove he belongs in the NFL; Atlanta's interest appears rooted in familiarity and cost rather than any conviction about his upside.

How Tyler Compares at the Position

Tyler Goodson ranks 154th of 175 graded running backs by performance. That slots Tyler between Lequint Allen Jr. (D) just ahead and Hassan Haskins (D-) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Beat coverage and fan boards are running roughly even on Tyler Goodson, landing him at a C- sentiment grade. The narrative framing has been straightforward and decidedly modest: media outlets treated his move to Atlanta as routine depth construction, bundling coverage of his signing alongside the Brian Robinson acquisition rather than spotlighting it as a meaningful roster addition, with his local North Gwinnett connection generating only modest regional interest. That framing aligns perfectly with his performance grade of D, which reflects a lack of NFL-level impact sufficient to reframe skeptics or generate momentum—his 2025 season production of 8 receiving yards and 11 games with Indianapolis tells you everything about his standing in that organization's eyes. The recent headlines underscore the narrative of organizational indifference: after a brief moment of visibility in Indianapolis (including a goal-line score that momentarily caught attention), he departed without leverage, and even his own pointed comment to Green Bay—"Maybe you should have kept me"—landed as a footnote rather than a rallying cry, suggesting his pedigree is practice-squad fighter rather than NFL-ready contributor. The sentiment ticking marginally up from the initial C- reflects nothing more than preseason optimism beginning to crystallize camp competition into reality, but Goodson remains positioned as a long-shot special-teams candidate rather than anyone's idea of a backfield solution for Atlanta.