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Green Bay Packers · WR · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Texas (2025 Round 1, Pick 23)

Matthew Golden

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83.5
Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #12 of 99 qualified WRs
Rec / Targets
43/8227.2% target share
Receiving yards
61914.4 YPR
Receiving TD
477.4 yds/G
Snap share
84%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity
+0.07682 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate
42.7%Play-by-play positive EPA

Matthew Golden among the 99 qualified receivers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

  1. Smith-Njigba97.0
  2. Lamb93.7
  3. Olave90.5
  4. St. Brown90.3
  5. Higgins88.5
  6. McMillan88.2
  7. London87.9
  8. Nabers87.3
  9. Wilson85.2
  10. Golden#1283.5
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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 99 qualified WRs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game20% weight · Raw +0.080 → Shrunk +1.843
83thpercentile
Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.192 → Shrunk +1.535
86thpercentile
Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 7.61 → Shrunk 71.22
94thpercentile
Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 14.37 → Shrunk 112.28
100thpercentile
Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.90 → Shrunk 48.56
95thpercentile
Target share30% weight · Raw 27.2% → Shrunk 24.6%
91thpercentile
First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 34.1% → Shrunk 36.7%
17thpercentile
20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 13.4% → Shrunk 12.2%
71thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Matthew Golden. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

WeekDateMatchupResultRecTargetsRec ydsRec TDRush yds
Week 1Sep 13, 2026@ MINL 22-396129500
Week 2Sep 20, 2026@ NYJW 20-17465800
Week 3Sep 24, 2026vs ATLL 14-3551210010
Week 4Oct 4, 2026@ TBW 17-14372116
Week 5Oct 11, 2026vs CHIW 31-76712300
Week 6Oct 18, 2026vs DALW 23-1361310410
Week 7Oct 25, 2026@ DETL 17-206123900
Week 8Oct 29, 2026vs CARW 27-197137910

College to the NFL: Texas to Green Bay Packers

Verified identity bridge linking Matthew Golden's college regular-season yards at Texas to official NFL game lines.

Texas (College yards)

5672022
4042023
7382024
2323rd pick
2025 Draft

GB (NFL yards)

3612025
6192026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 2 seasons.

SeasonClubGCarriesRush ydsRush TDRec/TgtRec ydsRec TD
2025GB141049029/443610
2026 (so far)GB816043/826194

Compare Matthew Golden with top receivers

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 WR.

Matthew Golden vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 83.5 vs. 97.0Matthew Golden vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 83.5 vs. 93.7Matthew Golden vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 83.5 vs. 90.5Matthew Golden vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 83.5 vs. 90.3Matthew Golden vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 83.5 vs. 88.5Matthew Golden vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 83.5 vs. 88.2
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