Parkland Shooting Survivor Commits To MA College For Football

DUDLEY, MA – A football player who survived the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will continue his playing career at a Massachusetts college this fall. Quarterback Tyler Goodman committed to Nichols College in Dudley on Feb. 23, not long after he formed a bond with two school recruiters during the Parkland shooting.

Goodman was meeting with the recruiters from Nichols in his coach's office at the time of the shooting. He told Boston 25 the bond he formed with them during the attack led him to seriously consider the school, which was originally not among his top three choices. A trip to Nichols days later made it official.

It started snowing when he visited Dudley, which he saw as a sign from "the 17," he said in an interview with the network. Goodman hopes to wear the number 17 in memory of his classmates and teachers who were killed in the mass shooting.

Among the victims were his assistant football coach Aaron Feis, who he described as "a big brother and a dad," and his close friend Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, who he had known since first grade.

"This one's for all 17 people I lost from my home," Goodman wrote on Twitter when announcing his commitment.

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