Player Dossier

2024-2025

Cincinnati

Jake Golday

LB • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Arlington, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jake Golday shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

9.5

Efficiency

40.7

Consistency

23.4

Season Value

21.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Scouting Read

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Jake Golday, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Jake Golday shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.

Jake Golday played LB for Cincinnati. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jake Golday recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 9.5 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 40.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

40.7

Usage

9.5

Consistency

23.4

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 2. Bowling Green: 2. Unknown: 0. Kansas: 0. Iowa State: 3. UCF: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Baylor: 2. Utah: 0. Arizona: 0.5. BYU: 1. TCU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 12 by 70. Bowling Green: 14 by 70. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 8 by 33.3. Iowa State: 12 by 80. UCF: 7 by 29.2. Oklahoma State: 6 by 25. Baylor: 6 by 45. Utah: 12 by 50. Arizona: 13 by 55. BYU: 0 by 10. TCU: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

80 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 11/29@ TCUL 23-4530000
Sun 11/23vs BYUL 14-2600001
Sat 11/15vs Arizona10+ tacklesL 24-301340.5000
Sun 11/2@ Utah10+ tacklesL 14-45124000
Sat 10/25vs BaylorW 41-20610.500.501
Sun 10/19@ Oklahoma StateW 49-1763000
Sat 10/11vs UCFW 20-1173000
Sat 10/4vs Iowa State10+ tacklesW 38-30126111
Sat 9/27@ KansasW 37-3485000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown20000
Sat 9/6vs Bowling Green10+ tacklesW 34-20148110
Fri 8/29vs Nebraska10+ tacklesL 17-20122110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Cincinnati

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati9.530.28.6
2025 Regular SeasonCincinnati10.540.79.51

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Iowa State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.3 takeover score.

#2

UCF

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#3

Bowling Green

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.3 takeover score.

#4

Nebraska

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

Baylor

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

9.5 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 8.6 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati

21.1

10.5 primary · 40.7 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

152

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 26 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.