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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Penn State
Malik Golden
S • 6'0" • Hartford, CT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Golden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Malik Golden built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a safety from Hartford, CT wearing No. 6, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Malik Golden's career was his defensive production: 75...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Malik Golden, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State. Malik Golden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Penn State · S
- Career Tackles
- 75
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cheshire Academy · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Cheshire Academy · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · S 39th (top 11%) · Big Ten 29th (top 5%) · National 262nd (top 5%)
Malik Golden played S for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malik Golden recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Penn State.
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