Markus Golden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Markus Golden
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 13, 1991(1991-03-13)
Age	33
Birthplace	St. Louis
Country	United States
Birth City	Missouri
Horoscope	Pisces

Markus Golden Biography

Markus Golden is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on March 13, 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He was the leader of his fellow Cardinals by accumulating 12.5 sacks. He was third overall in the league. Golden And Chandler Jones became the first Arizona Cardinals duo to both achieve a double-digit sacks since 1984. Chandler Jones had 11 sacks and the pair accumulated 22.5 total sacks. Chandler Jones had 11 sacks. Arizona Cardinals did not receive an invitation to the playoffs after finishing with a 7-8-1 mark and finishing with a second place finish to last in the NFC West in 2016.

He made his first appearance in the professional league during the Arizona Cardinals’ season-opener against the New Orleans Saints and recorded three total tackles during the game’s 31-19 win. He recorded his first professional tackle against Khiry Robinson following a run for three yards during the 3rd quarter. In the following week, he made one assist tackle and his first sack of the season in the 48-23 win against Chicago Bears. Chicago Bears. Golden recorded his first career sack alongside Kareem Martin when they tackled Chicago Bears’ quarterback Jimmy Clausen to lose ten yards during the closing moments of the 4th quarter. On the 18th of October the 18th of October, 2015. Golden took his very first debut of the season and recorded an all-time high of six tackles in a loss of 25-13 to The Pittsburgh Steelers. Golden started the following three games following the start of weakside defensive linebacker Alex Okafor suffered a calf injury that was declared inactive. In Week 11 Golden scored three solo tackles, and he recorded his first solo sack in his career against Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback Andy Dalton in their 34-31 win. Golden was unable to play in playing in the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 17 defeat in the Seattle Seahawks after suffering a knee injury. Golden finished his first season with 31 tackles (21 by himself) with four tackles over fifteen games, and six games.

The Arizona Cardinals selected Golden in the second round (58th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. The Arizona Cardinals originally owned the No. 55 overall pick and had long-planned to draft Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah, but he was selected by the Detroit Lions the pick prior (54th overall). They decided to trade their second round pick (55th overall) to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the Ravens’ second round pick (58th overall) and a fifth round pick (158th overall). The Baltimore Ravens selected Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams and the Arizona Cardinals opted to select David Johnson in the third round (86th overall). He was the sixth outside linebacker and the first of two outside linebackers selected by the Arizona Cardinals, before Shaquille Riddick (158th overall).

He started the Arizona Cardinals’ season-opener against the New England Patriots and made two solo tackles and sacked Jimmy Garoppolo in their 23-21 loss. In Week 3, he made his first official start of the season and collected six combined tackles and sack on Buffalo Bills’ quarterback Tyrod Taylor during a 33-18 lCardv On October 6, 2016, Golden recorded a career-high ten combined tackles (seven solo) and made two sacks on Blaine Gabbert as the Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers 33-21. It marked Golden’s first career multi-sack game. In week 16 against the Seattle Seahawks, he sacked Russell Wilson twice in the 34-31 victory. On January 1, 2017, he made four combined tackles, deflected a pass, and a season-high 2.5 sacks on Jared Goff, as the Cardinals routed the Los Angeles Rams 44-6. Golden finished the season with 51 combined tackles, 12.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and a pass deflection in 16 games and three starts.

On the 24th of December of 2014, Golden was informed that Golden accepted the invitation to participate for the team in 2015’s Senior Bowl. Through Senior Bowl practices, he impressed team officials and scouts with his ability to pass close to quarterback. On the 24th of January in the year 2015 Golden took part in Reese’s Senior Bowl and made one tackle that resulted in a four-yard loss while playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coach Gus Bradley’s South team which defeated the team 34-13 North. He was among 54 defensive linemen that attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Golden completed the 40-yard sprint along with the 20-yard dash and 10-yard dash, before being injured in the hamstring, which prevented him from participating in the other exercises. An injury to his hand previously caused him to be unable to perform the bench press, and he placed 19th in his group of positions in the 40-yard race. On the 19th of March of the 19th of March, Golden chose to participate in Missouri’s pro-day, alongside Shane Ray, Marcus Murphy, Bud Sasser, Mitch Morse and other hopefuls. Golden participated in all exercises at the combine and beat his time in the 40-yard run (4.77s) and the 20-yard dash (2.77s) as well as the 10-yard sprint (1.71s) at the combine. Scouts and team representatives from more than 30 NFL teams were present the event, including Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin and assistant coaches from the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots. Following the pre-draft process Golden was predicted to be picked by NFL expert scouts and draft specialists as an early third- to fifth-round selection. He was ranked ninth most promising defensive candidate according to NFL analysts Charles Davis, was ranked as the 12th best defensive player according to NFL Analyst Mike Mayock, and was ranked as the 14th top outside linebacker of the draft by DraftScout.com.

Markus Golden Net Worth

Markus Golden is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Markus Golden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Markus Golden (born March 13 1991) is an American football outside linebacker with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected to the Cardinals in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played for the University of Missouri. Missouri.

As an unsigned junior in 2013 Golden was a player in the 40 percent of the snaps in 2013 behind Kony Ealy as well as Michael Sam and led MU ends with 55 tackles over the season, adding 13 tackles for loss as well as 6.5 tackles and 8 passes split up.

On May 14, 2015, the Arizona Cardinals signed Golden to a four-year, $3.91 million contract that includes $1.72 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.10 million.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Markus Golden Dating?

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On April 27, 2020, the Giants placed the unrestricted free agent tender on Golden, meaning if Golden remains a free agent by July 22, he can only play for the Giants, if he signs with another team, the Giants will receive a compensatory.

Facts & Trivia

Markus Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Markus Golden celebrates birthday on March 13 of every year.

Is Markus Golden playing?

Restored from COVID list The Cardinals have activated Golden (illness) from the reserve/COVID-19 list, Darren Urban of the team’s official website reports. Impact Golden was placed on the COVID list early last week after testing positive for the virus. He has now been cleared to return to practice.

How old is Markus Golden?

31 years (March 13, 1991)

Where did Markus Golden go to college?

College

How tall is Markus Golden?

6′ 3″

Who does Markus Golden play for?

Arizona Cardinals