
Matthew Golden
2024 Receiving Stats
REC
58
YDS
987
TD
9
AVG
17.0
TAR
86

Moving on to NFL
Golden is expected to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft on Monday and forgo his remaining eligibility at Texas, Pete Nakos of On3.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The six-foot, 195-pound Golden projects as a likely Day 2 selection after he shined during his lone season at Texas, recording 58 catches for 987 yards and nine touchdowns on 86 targets over 16 games. Golden spent the first two seasons of his career at Houston before transferring to Texas last spring.
The six-foot, 195-pound Golden projects as a likely Day 2 selection after he shined during his lone season at Texas, recording 58 catches for 987 yards and nine touchdowns on 86 targets over 16 games. Golden spent the first two seasons of his career at Houston before transferring to Texas last spring.
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Golden has an excellent opportunity at elite production as Tank Dell graduated to playing on Sundays with the Houston Texans. Dell had six 100-yard receiving performances on his way to 109 catches for 1,398 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2022. Golden is the top returning receiver after pulling down 38 catches (on 59 targets) for 584 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 games during his freshman season. The Cougars' new top wideout will have to get used to a new signal caller as Clayton Tune also took his talents to the NFL. Donovan Smith comes in from Texas Tech and has some experience zipping the ball around in a pass-first offense. Houston's defense will likely struggle in the new Big 12 offense, so there's good reason to believe this team will pass the ball quite a bit in most of their games. That makes Golden an intriguing pickup for fantasy teams, as he could be primed for a breakout season.
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Finishes with 51 receiving yards
Golden notched two receptions (on three targets) for 51 yards during Friday's 28-14 loss to Ohio State.
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Returns to game Friday
Golden (foot) returned to Friday's game against Ohio State in the final play of the third quarter, Zach Barnett of Football Scoop reports.
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Appears done for day
Golden (foot) isn't on the field for Texas to start the second half and is not expected to return, Will Kunkel of FOX 26 Houston reports.
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Back on sidelines
Golden (foot) is back on the sidelines after heading to the locker room in Friday's game against Ohio State, CJ Vogel of On Texas Football reports.
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Heads to locker room
Golden (foot) went to the locker room during the second quarter of Friday's game against Ohio State, Pete Thamel of ESPN.com reports.
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