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He appeared as a member of the Green Room last Thursday when Matthew Golden left the Green Room in Green Bay’s 2025 NFL Draft Packers – And the fans from his hometown told him how excited they were about it.
Surreal moments still feel like golden dreams.
“The way that happened, I feel like God made it that way for a reason. It’s something that sticks to me forever,” he told Fox News Digital, discussing his time and time on Tide. draft.
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Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden will pos with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Green Bay Packers’ president and CEO. (image)
Golden’s answer to the draft day moment is that it all says in terms of how much faith plays a major role in his life.
Houston, Texas, The native said he “grown up in a church home,” where he learned to play drums at the age of six.
That strong faith and connection with a strong family helped drive Golden to the heights of today’s NFL. And he knows that without the two foundational pillars of his life, he would not be in this position.
“Adversity has hit me and God was someone there for me,” Golden explained. “People doubted me and sometimes I wanted to give up. But back to God, he definitely helped me get here.”
NFL Draft prospect Matthew Golden of Texas will sign the sign at the NFL Draft Red Carpet event held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (image)
One of the biggest parts of adversity came in 2023 when Golden suffered a leg injury while playing. Houston Cougars. After a solid nine games, he had to miss the rest of the season for that.
“That was the first time that football was taken away from me,” Golden said of the injury. “So I didn’t know how to deal with it and I was frustrated. But then my relationship with God became much stronger and I began to realize that that was what happened.”
Golden entered the transfer portal that December, and he landed with the Longhorns, leaving him not too far from home in Texas.
Golden posted his best college season in Texas, tallied 58 receptions for 987 yards and nine touchdowns in 16 games, helping the team reach the college football playoffs.
He later ran a 4.29, 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, solidifying his spot as one of the best receivers of this year, and the Packers jumped at the opportunity to make franchise history.
Wide receiver Matthew Golden embraces NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after the Packers chose him on their 23rd pick. The draft will run until April 26th. (image)
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For the first time since 2002, the Packers selected receiver in the first round of the NFL Draft, and Golden is ready for this next chapter of his football career.
“Looking back now, it definitely makes sense, and like I said, God gave me all the things I have experienced in my life.
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