Career Honors:
2021 All-CSFL (First Team – Place Kicker)
CSFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 27, 2021; Sept. 19, 2022; Oct. 31, 2023)
2023 (Senior): Played in all eight games on the year … Led the team with 47 points, converting five field goals and 32 point after touchdowns … Finished the year 32-for-35 on PAT attempts … Notched a season-high 10 points at Cornell with a field goal and seven PATs … Added nine points against St. Thomas Aquinas (two field goals, three PAT) and Mansfield (one field goal, six PAT) … Posted a season-long 52-yard field goal against the Big Red … Tallied 2,628 yards on 50 kickoffs for a 52.6-yard average … Named Collegiate Sprint Football Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 31).
2022 (Junior): Played in all eight games during the season … Second on the team with 55 total points … Finished the year 7-for-11 in field goal attempts, while converting 34-of-36 point after touchdown tries … Registered a season-best two field goals against Chestnut Hill, Army (Star Game), and Alderson Broaddus, while adding a FG against Caldwell … Notched a season-long 42-yard field goal against Chestnut Hill … Recorded a season-best seven PATs against Cornell, while adding six PAT against Penn and five against Alderson Broaddus and Mansfield … Notched a season-high 11 points against Alderson Broaddus with nine points against Chestnut Hill and Army (Star Game) … Tallied 2,702 yards on 52 total kickoffs for a 52.0-yard average … Named CSFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 19).
2021 (Sophomore): Named First Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League as a place kicker … Played in every game during the season … Second on the team with 65 total points … Finished the year 11-for-13 in field goal attempts, while converting 32-of-34 point after touchdown tries … Registered a season-best three field goals against Alderson Broaddus and Mansfield, while adding a pair of FGs against St. Thomas Aquinas … Notched a season-long 45-yard field goal against Alderson Broaddus … Recorded a season-best eight PATs against Alderson Broaddus, while adding seven PAT against St. Thomas Aquinas, Chestnut Hill, and Penn … Tallied 2,582 yards on 53 total kickoffs for a 48.7-yard average … Named CSFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 27).
2020 (Freshman): Played in Navy’s lone game against Army during the season, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Scored Navy’s three points on the year with a 35-yard field goal … Added a pair of kickoffs, tallying 75 yards (37.5 yards per kick).
High School / Personal: Lettered in football (4 years) and soccer (1) at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Ark. … Earned All-State distinction as a senior, while being name All-Conference as a junior and senior … Member of the National Honor Society and Student-Athlete of Northeast Arkansas … Eagle Scout … Son of Rachel and Colby Golden … Father, Colby, played football at the University of Arkansas and the University of Central Arkansas.
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