Joe Golden: DL · Oregon State · #95.
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Joe Golden
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the same defensive front at Oregon State. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 sack against UCLA — Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 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.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon State | 42 | 18 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 46 | 22 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-17@ San José State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs UC Davis | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-9vs San Diego State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ No. 21 Washington State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs No. 10 Utah | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-40@ California | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 36-24vs No. 18 UCLA | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-19@ Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-17vs Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-22vs No. 5 Washington | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-31@ No. 6 Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 8-40vs No. 15 Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 18 | 4.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%4 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries42 tackles · 4 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
46.9%
380 pass / 431 run
Plays / game
62.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
42 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Oregon State, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
