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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
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
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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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 152
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 5
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11 | 57 | 6.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 56.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 95 | 4 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to Cincinnati | Unlisted to P4 | 80.5 | Apr 16, 2024 |
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: 2025 Regular Season
Cincinnati paired 12.5 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on 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.
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2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
42.4
Usage
10.4
Consistency
53.8
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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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. Northwestern State: 0. Kansas: 1. Iowa State: 3. UCF: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Baylor: 2. Utah: 0. Arizona: 0.5. BYU: 1. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 12 by 70. Bowling Green: 14 by 70. Northwestern State: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 8 by 43.3. Iowa State: 12 by 80. UCF: 7 by 39.2. 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
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Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
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 | @ TCU | L 23-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs BYU | L 14-26 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Arizona10+ tackles | L 24-30 | 13 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/2 | @ Utah10+ tackles | L 14-45 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs BaylorSplash game | W 41-20 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Oklahoma State | W 49-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCF | W 20-11 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Iowa State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 38-30 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas | W 37-34 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Northwestern State | W 70-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bowling Green10+ tackles · Splash game | W 34-20 | 14 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Nebraska10+ tackles · Splash game | L 17-20 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jake Golday 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: 152 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Cincinnati. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jake Golday's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati.
The arc is straightforward: Jake Golday moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Cincinnati
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9.5 | 30.2 | 8 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12.5 | 42.4 | 10.4 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 33 Iowa State
Week 6 · W 38-30 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ UCF
Week 7 · W 19-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 2 · W 34-20
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 1 · L 17-20
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1
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Havoc Plays
73.8 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
12.5 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 10.4 usage
70.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
56.1
9.5 primary · 30.2 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
5
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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