Demetri Goodson to play football at Baylor; hoops too?

As we expected, Gonzaga transfer Demetri Goodson has landed at a Big 12 school in Texas to play football.

But instead of heading to Texas A&M -- where his brother, Mike, played before going to the NFL -- Goodson will be a Baylor Bear next season.

This move isn't completely out of the blue. While Goodson had started 68 of the last 69 games for the Zags, the writing was on the wall. David Stockton, the son of Gonzaga's most famous alum, had a very impressive freshman campaign at the point. Goodson has long been considered more of an athlete than a point guard, a guy who was never quite able to translate his speed and explosiveness into points and assists. Throw in the fact that Goodson was a good enough high school football player to get offered a scholarship from Arizona State as a sophomore, and it starts to make sense.

"I could probably go overseas and make some money," Goodson told FOX26 in Houston. "But professionally football will be a better move for me just because of the number of basketball players who make it and the number of football players."

"That was basically why I did it."

Goodson, who will have two years of football eligibility remaining, is expected to contribute in Baylor's defensive backfield, but will he also contribute to Baylor's back court?

Frankly, it doesn't seem all that likely. Baylor's biggest problem last season was at the point, and Scott Drew has gone to lengths to address that problem. He brought in Cal transfer Gary Franklin, BC transfer Brady Heslip, JuCo transfer Pierre Jackson, and still has two years left with AJ Walton. All four of those players will still be in Baylor's back court when Goodson gets eligible for the hardwood in 2012-2013.

But if Goodson's football career never gets going, there really is no reason not to give hoops one more try. He will only have one season of eligibility left, and that will come after he has used up all of his football eligibility.