The game is one of nine all-star games sponsored by National All-Stars (www.nationalallstars.com) around the country and will be played at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, a 40,000 seat stadium that serves as the home of the Kentucky high school state championships. Kickoff time is schedule for 7:00 p.m.
Goings concluded his record-setting career last fall by leading Bluffton to a 7-3 record and a co-championship of the Heartland Conference. He led the HCAC in rushing three straight seasons and racked up 4,299 yards rushing in his career at BC, ranked third all-time. His 1,487 yards on the ground as a senior set a new BC record and he was named the 2000 HCAC Offensive Player of the Year. Goings ranks third on the all-time scoring list with 47 touchdowns and 286 career points, and he is one of just five players to have over 100 receptions in his career as he caught 105 passes for 928 yards.
Joining Goings in the backfield during the game will be running backs Mylon Jones (Aurora, Ill.) and LaVaron Burden (Evangel, Mo.) and quarterback Waylon Chapman (Eastern Kentucky). Headlining the receiving corps is Michigan State senior Demont Smith.
Goings is the first Bluffton College player to play in the all-star game since 1998 when BC graduates Chris Spisak (Cleveland/Wickliffe H.S. graduate) and Cory Anderson (Findlay/Arcadia H.S. graduate) were participants.
Two all-star games will be played on April 14 at Cardinal Stadium (astro-turf surface) with the first game slated to begin at 3:00. The weekend will also feature a professional football combine on Sunday.
