Travis Peter Goethel is an American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 for the Oakland Raiders

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 of the National Football League

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. He was drafted in the sixth round, 190th Overall in the 2010 NFL Draft

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. He played collegiately

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 for Arizona State

Arizona State University

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High school

Goethel attended Vista High School in Vista, California

Vista, California

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. As a junior, he recorded 155 tackles, including 14 tackles for loss, 8 quarterback sacks, and 5 interceptions, two which he returned for touchdowns. He was rated as high as the No.10 linebacker in the country by Rivals.com

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. He picked Arizona State

Arizona State University

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 over scholarship offers from Oregon State

Oregon State University

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, Utah

University of Utah

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 and Washington

University of Washington

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College career

He played in all 50 games over his four-year career, including 41 starts. He totaled 228 tackles (143 solo), 19.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, nine pass break-ups, three interceptions, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in his career. He was an Honorable Mention Pac-10 All selection in his senior season, and in his freshman season, garnered Pac-10 All freshman honors and honorable mention Freshman All-American.

Professional career

Goethel was drafted by the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 in the sixth round, 190th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft

2010 NFL Draft

The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...

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The Onion article

Goethel was the subject of an article by The Onion

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saying that the Raiders drafted him to be a realtor.