Jake Golday: LB · Cincinnati · #11.
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Jake Golday
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Transferred to Cincinnati from Central Arkansas. All-Big 12 in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Bowling Green, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
Front Office Sports Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 95 | 36 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 57 | 28 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Career | 152 | 64 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20vs Nebraska | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-20vs Bowling Green | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 70-0vs Northwestern State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-34@ Kansas | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-30vs No. 14 Iowa State | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-11vs UCF | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-17@ Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Baylor | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ No. 24 Utah | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30vs Arizona | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-26vs No. 11 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-45@ TCU | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 36 | 4.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 38-30
vs Iowa State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups95 tackles · 4 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Scott Satterfield — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
47.8%
363 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
58.4
13 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
360 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #90 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Cincinnati, 152 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #51 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2025)
3 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
