Safety, Penn State, 2012–16
Malik Golden
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Hartford, CT
Malik Golden played safety at Penn State (2012–16).
Career highs
11tackles, career highat Michigan, 2016Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2016
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Penn State | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | Penn State | 75 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 75 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Penn State | 6 | S | |
| 2013 | Penn State | 6 | S | |
| 2014 | Penn State | 6 | S | |
| 2015 | Penn State | 6 | S | |
| 2016 | Penn State | 6 | S | 6′0″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Penn State 13 games, 75 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Kent State | W 33–13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 10 | at Pittsburgh | L 39–42 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Temple | W 34–27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Michigan | L 10–49 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Maryland | W 38–14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Ohio State | W 24–21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Purdue | W 62–24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Iowa | W 41–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Indiana | W 45–31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at Rutgers | W 39–0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Michigan State | W 45–12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs. Wisconsin | W 38–31 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. USC | L 49–52 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Penn State 2 games, 1 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 201 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.50 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.64 s |
| Vertical jump | 35″ |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.33 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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