Packers' Matthew Golden credits strong faith for reaching NFL: 'He definitely helped me get here'

When Matthew Golden walked retired of the greenish country astatine the 2025 NFL Draft successful Green Bay this past Thursday, helium emerged arsenic a subordinate of the Packers – and the hometown fans fto him perceive however excited they were for it. 

The surreal infinitesimal inactive feels similar a imagination to Golden.

"Just the mode it happened, I consciousness similar God made it hap similar that for a reason. That’s thing that’s going to instrumentality with maine forever," helium told Fox News Digital portion besides discussing his clip moving with Tide astatine the draft. 

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Wide Receiver Matthew Golden of Texas poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers Mark Murphy aft being selected twenty-third wide prime by the Green Bay Packers during the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field connected April 24, 2025 successful Green Bay. (IMAGN)

Golden's reply astir his draught time infinitesimal says it each successful presumption of however overmuch religion plays a ample relation successful his life. 

The Houston, Texas, autochthonal said that helium "grew up successful the religion house," wherever helium learned to play the drums astatine six years old. 

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That beardown faith, arsenic good arsenic a beardown household connection, has helped thrust Golden to the heights of the NFL today. And helium knows helium wouldn't beryllium successful this presumption without those 2 pillars of instauration successful his life. 

"There were times adversity did deed maine and God was the 1 who was determination for me," Golden explained. "There were times radical doubted me, and I did privation to springiness up sometimes. But going backmost to God, helium decidedly helped maine get here."

NFL draught prospect, Matthew Golden of Texas, signs autographs during the NFL Draft Red Carpet lawsuit astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay connected Thursday, April 24, 2025. (IMAGN)

One of the biggest pieces of adversity came successful 2023 erstwhile Golden suffered a ft wounded portion playing for the Houston Cougars. After a coagulated 9 games, helium had to miss the remainder of the play due to the fact that of it. 

"That was the archetypal clip shot got taken distant from me," Golden said of the injury. "So, I didn’t cognize however to header with it and I was frustrated. But astatine that time, my narration with God grew a batch stronger, and I started to recognize it happened for a reason."

Golden would participate the transportation portal successful December of that year, and helium landed with the Longhorns, remaining successful Texas not excessively acold from home. 

Golden posted his champion collegiate play successful his 1 twelvemonth with Texas, tallying 58 receptions for 987 yards and 9 touchdowns implicit 16 games to assistance the squad scope the College Football Playoff. 

He would aboriginal tally a 4.29 40-yard dash astatine the NFL Scouting Combine, cementing his spot arsenic 1 of the champion receivers successful this year's class, and the Packers jumped astatine the accidental to marque franchise history. 

Wide receiver Matthew Golden embraces NFL commissioner Roger Goodell aft the Packers prime him with the 23rd prime during the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft connected Thursday, April 24, 2025, astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. The draught runs done April 26. (IMAGN)

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For the archetypal clip since 2002, the Packers selected a receiver successful the archetypal circular of the NFL Draft, and Golden is acceptable for this adjacent section of his shot career. 

"Now looking back, it decidedly makes sense, and similar I said, God enactment maine done everything I went done successful my beingness for a reason. I consciousness similar that’s genuinely what made maine who I americium contiguous and that’s wherefore I americium who I am."

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