Former defensive lineman at Iowa. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.
6′5″ · 270 lb · Detroit, MI
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 858 nationally · Signed with Iowa
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Iowa. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.
Chauncey Golston
Fifth year in the Iowa defensive front, same address the whole way. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Wisconsin — Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #84 overall by Dallas.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DallasEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 41-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+8g | 5.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2020
W 28–7
vs Wisconsin
1 TFL · 1 QB HUR · 9 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against Wisconsin.
With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · I. Smith-Marsette — -2 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Purdue | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21vs Northwestern | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-7vs Michigan State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-7@ Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-21@ Penn State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-20vs Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-21@ Illinois | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-7vs Wisconsin | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 45 | 24 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.