Markus Golden
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No. 58 Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||
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| Inside Linebacker | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
| Place of birth: Haynesville, LA | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
| High school: Haynesville High School | |||||||||
| College: Ole Miss | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2022 for the Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 0, 2025 | |||||||||
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Markus Golden is an American football inside linebacker who plays for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at Ole Miss.
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Early Life
Golden grew up in Haynesville, Louisiana and attended Haynesville High School, where he played defensive back, wide receiver, placekicker and punter on the football team. He was named first team All-State as a placekicker as a sophomore and as a junior and at safety, wide receiver and punter as a junior. As a senior, Wilson recorded six interceptions and five passes broken up on defense, 29 catches for 493 yards and seven touchdowns on offense and was again named first team All-State at safety, wide receiver and punter and helped lead the Mustangs to a 12-0 record and a state title. He committed to play college football at Ole Miss.
Recruiting
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Markus Golden ILB |
Haynesville, LA | Haynesville HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Round 1 | |
Skill: Potential:
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College Career
Statistics
Through the conclusion of the 2019 season, Golden's statistics are as follows:
| Season | Defense | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Tackles | Int | Sacks | FF | FR | TD | Safeties | |||||
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NCAA Career Totals | 17 | 17 | 97 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Professional Career
Pre-draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 5 in | 240 lb | 4.63 s | 4.44 s | 6.89 s | 23.0 in | 26 reps | 31 | |
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Draft
Markus Golden was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams with the 24th overall pick of the 2022 NFLHC Draft.
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
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