Markus Golden in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Missouri, to 2014

Markus Golden

Number
No. 33
Height
6′3″
Hometown
St. Louis, MO
Born
Mar 13, 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri

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Markus Golden played defensive line at Missouri (to 2014). The Arizona Cardinals took Golden in round 2, No. 58 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
Second-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 58
Round 2, 2015 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Missouri1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntFF
2012864100001
2013N14361955136.511
On file422365136.512

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, 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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Missouri33DL
2013Missouri33DL
2014Missouri33DL6′3″

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

2013 Missouri 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.ToledoW 38–⁠231

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠34).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′2⅜″
Weight260 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size10½″
40-yard dash4.90 s
10-yard split1.68 sW
Vertical jump28½″W
Broad jump9′2″W
Bench press17 repsW
3-cone drill7.39 sW
20-yard shuttle4.59 sW

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 120 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Arizona Cardinals143040
2016Arizona Cardinals164512.50
2017Arizona Cardinals41100
2018Arizona Cardinals11272.50
2019New York Giants1668100
2020Arizona Cardinals16314.51
2021Arizona Cardinals1644110
2022Arizona Cardinals16452.50
2023Pittsburgh Steelers111740
NFL career120318511

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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