Chicago Bears wide receiver Marquise Goodwin falls short in bid to make U.S. Olympic team in long jump

Chicago Bears wide receiver Marquise Goodwin didn’t make the long jump finals at the U.S. Olympic track and field team trials in Eugene, Ore.

Goodwin recorded a best jump of 24 feet, 10 inches in the preliminaries Friday, which placed him 19th of 24 competitors. The top 12 advanced to Sunday’s finals.

Goodwin was trying to make his second Olympics. He was a member of the 2012 U.S. team in the long jump but came up short at the 2016 trials. He qualified for this year’s trials with a jump of 26 feet, 73/4 inches this spring. Jarrion Lawson’s jump of the same distance was the top mark in Friday’s preliminaries.

Goodwin signed with the Bears in the spring after opting out of the 2020 NFL season to be with his wife and daughter. He said earlier this month that Bears coaches supported his desire to try for another Olympics, and Matt Nagy complimented his conditioning coming off a year off.

“Anytime you have an Olympic mentality you are different,” Nagy said. “That’s a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour regime that you are keeping your body in shape. … For him, that’s never going to change.”

Goodwin now will turn his attention to competing for a spot on the Bears roster for his eighth NFL season. Training camp opens in late July.

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