Dwight Gooden happy son, Dylan, making ‘own path’ with Maryland football commitment

From Dr. Okay to Dr. Sack?

Doc Gooden’s son is shifting up the athletic ladder, however in a special sport than his father. Dylan Gooden, a senior at Wilde Lake Excessive College in Maryland, on Wednesday formally signed his NCAA Letter of Intent to play soccer on the College of Maryland starting subsequent faculty 12 months.

“I’m glad he’s making his personal title, his personal path,” Dwight Gooden mentioned Sunday at “Pinstripe Delight” at American Dream in East Rutherford, N.J., the place he and Yankees icons signed autographs for followers. “I instructed him he’s set to work laborious. The distinction between participant and an ideal participant is in practices and video games: What are you doing to make your self higher?”

Dylan is a 6-foot-4 edge rusher whom ESPN rated as a four-star recruit and the Twenty eighth-ranked defensive finish within the nation. The son of baseball royalty selected Maryland over colleges corresponding to Penn State and Rutgers.

Dylan is also a highschool basketball star, however Dwight believes he’s finest at soccer. Dwight couldn’t get his son to see baseball the way in which he does.

“He performed baseball, mentioned baseball was boring, which I don’t perceive,” mentioned Gooden, the previous Mets and Yankees star and Cy Younger winner.

Gooden raved about his son however didn’t need to say he can be a future NFL participant. He has instructed Dylan that “beneath 1 %” of faculty gamers graduate to the professionals.

“Worst factor that occurs is you get a free schooling,” Gooden mentioned.