Goodwin was born on February 4, 1990, in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Yvette Goodwin-Rowe and Galloway.

He attended The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, and did not play football until his senior year.

Following his departure from Bethany, Goodwin would enroll in Fairmont State University for his junior year.

After his arrival, he played in an intramural basketball game against the school's football staff.

At the urging of his father, the late Perry Galloway Jr., and his college roommate, future NFL player Dewey McDonald he eventually joined the Fighting Falcons football team.

While matching up against West Virginia Wesleyan, he would reel in three receptions, 55 receiving yards, and a career-high two touchdowns.

After walking on his first year and having a successful season he was offered a scholarship to continue playing for Fairmont.

Head coach Mike Lopez would be fired after Goodwin's first year playing for Fairmont and accepted a defensive coordinator position with California University of Pennsylvania.

Since he already graduated from Fairmont, he was able to begin playing immediately, instead of sitting out a year due to NCAA student transfer guidelines.

Since he mainly saw action on special teams, he only finished his senior season at Cal-Pennsylvania with a total of 11 receptions, 126 receiving yards, and one touchdown in 11 games and one start.

[5] On June 4, 2014, he signed an undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Steelers, for three-years and $1.53 million.

[25][26] On October 9, 2018, Goodwin was signed by the Dallas Cowboys off the Bengals practice squad.

[28] On December 24, he was activated off injured reserve, to play gunner on special teams and improve the coverage units.

[29] He played in two games, before being sidelined for 8 contests with a broken arm, returning for the season finale and the playoffs.

In 2019, Goodwin appeared in all 16 games for the first time in his career and became an important player on the special teams units.

In Week 16, he had a key role in the 37–17 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, where he was used as a spy defender, to help neutralize the running of rookie quarterback Jalen Hurts.

The PeGa Foundation is a nonprofit mentoring organization based out of his hometown in Wheeling, West Virginia.