Usage / Role
87%
Featured defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2024-2025Cincinnati
Jake Golday
LB • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Arlington, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jake Golday shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
98
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
2425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Jake Golday built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Arlington, TN wearing No. 11, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Jake Golday's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 51
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Jake Golday, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Jake Golday shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jake Golday quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · LB
- Career Tackles
- 152
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
- Top game
- Iowa State
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 19 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 95 tackles · LB 54th (top 5%) · Big 12 8th (top 2%) · National 66th (top 2%)
Jake Golday played LB for Cincinnati. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jake Golday recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Cincinnati.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionfirst
- 20242024 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention
Player Profile
Focused views for Jake Golday
Related Context
Keep exploring Jake Golday
Next best actions
Keep exploring Jake Golday
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.