Mike Goodson: Jets Running Back Nabbed on Gun, Drug Charges

New York Jets running back Mike Goodson was arrested on drug and weapon charges early this morning, according to Yahoo! Sports.

Goodson, who signed a three-year, $6 million contract with the team just two months ago and was expected to compete for a starting berth, and another man police identified as Garrett Evans were found intoxicated in a parked SUV alongside Route 80 in nearby Danville, New Jersey, about 15 miles northwest of the team’s practice facility in Florham Park.

According to Yahoo? police also discovered a loaded .45-caliber handgun in the vehicle and when authorities moved to escort the 25-year-old running back to the hospital for evaluation marijuana was found on his person.

Both Goodson and Evans were later released from the hospital and into the custody of State Police who transported them to nearby barracks. The USA Today reported that Goodson was a passenger in the vehicle and Evans has also been charged with DUI.

Goodson played his college ball at Texas A&M and was selected in the fourth-round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers. He spent three seasons with the Panthers before he was traded to the Oakland Raiders last offseason. In 40 career games, Goodson has rushed for 722 yards and three touchdowns with 59 receptions for 524 yards and one touchdown as a receiver out of the backfield.

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