Senior defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2022: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Orlando, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2022: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 2394 nationally · Signed with Colorado State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonTroy Golden
Wins his gap play after play. Troy Golden has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Colorado State. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Air Force, Week 12, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (16th 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #181 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Colorado State | 19 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 2 | -- | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Colorado State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 17–14
at Nevada
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-51@ Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-34vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-14@ Nevada | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-17vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-13vs Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-49@ Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14vs Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 12-24@ Air Force | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 17-0vs New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to D'Vion Harris’s 2022 season.
Matches D'Vion on
Differs from D'Vion on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Trey Kiser's graduate season at South Alabama (2023).
Matches Trey on
Player DNA