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Jake Golday

Cincinnati · Linebacker · 2024-25

TKL
152
TFL
11
SACKS
5

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Golday was a first-team all-conference pick in 2025.

From 2024 to 2025, Golday recorded 152 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.

Golday was the No. 51 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 4th-highest linebacker rating at Cincinnati since 1990 and No. 24 among all linebackers of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2026
    • No. 51 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Jake Golday season-by-season statistics at Cincinnati
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2024576.512
20259543.53
Total15210.54.55

Seasons with tracked stats at Cincinnati. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Cincinnati Teammates

  1. 74Brendan Sorsby2024-25QB
  2. 72Joe Royer2024-25TE
  3. 70Cyrus Allen2025WR
  4. 67Christian Harrison2025S
  5. 66Jeff Caldwell2025WR
  6. 66Tawee Walker2025RB
  7. 65Brady Lichtenberg2021-25QB
  8. 65Jonathan Thompson2022-25LB
  9. 65Trevon Gola-Callard2024-25S
  10. 64Jacob Dingle2019-25LB

Full Cincinnati all-time roster

Top Linebackers of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Jacob RodriguezTexas Tech · 2022-25LB
  2. 88Xavier AtkinsAuburn · 2025LB
  3. 86CJ AllenGeorgia · 2023-25LB
  4. 86Kyle LouisPittsburgh · 2023-25LB
  5. 86Teitum TuiotiOregon · 2023-25LB
  6. 86Arvell ReeseOhio State · 2023-25LB
  7. 83Anthony Hill Jr.Texas · 2023-25LB
  8. 83Aiden FisherIndiana · 2024-25LB

Best college linebackers since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia (Jake Golday) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.