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When Matthew Golden left the Green Sala in the NFL 2025 draft in Green Bay last Thursday, he emerged as a member of the Packers, and the city fans let him hear how excited they were for that.
The surrealist moment still feels like a dream for Golden.
“Just as it happened, I feel that God made it come true for a reason. That is something that will follow me forever,” Digital told Pak Gazette while he also discussed his time working with Tide in the Draft.
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Texas Matthew Golden Open Receptor poses with the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the president and CEO of the Green Bay Mark Murphy Packers after being selected twenty -three general selections by the Green Bay Packers during the first round of the NFL 2025 draft in Lambeau Field on April 24, 2025 in Green Bay. (IMAGN)
Golden’s response about his Draft Day says everything in terms of how much faith plays an important role in his life.
Houston’s native, Texas, said “grew up in the church’s house,” where he learned to play the battery at age six.
Matthew Golden without concern of the Packers about the pressure after the historical selection: “I have something to demonstrate”
That strong faith, as well as a strong family connection, has helped bring Golden to the NFL heights today. And he knows that he would not be in this position without those two pillars of foundation in his life.
“There were times when adversity hit me and God was the one there for me,” Golden explained. “There were times when people doubted me, sometimes I wanted to give myself. But returning to God, it definitely helped me get here.”
The NFL Draft prospect, Matthew Golden in Texas, firm autographs during the Red Draft of the NFL draft event in Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (IMAGN)
One of the largest adversity pieces arrived in 2023 when Golden suffered a foot injury while playing for the Houston Couars. After a solid nine games, the rest of the season had to be lost.
“That was the first time they took me football,” Golden said about the injury. “Then, I didn’t know how to face and was frustrated. But at that time, my relationship with God became much stronger, and I began to understand what happened for a reason.”
Golden would enter the transfer portal in December of that year, and landed with the Longhorns, remaining in Texas not far from home.
Golden published his best university season in his year with Texas, with 58 receptions for 987 yards and nine touchdowns in 16 games to help the team reach the university football playoff.
Later I would execute a 4.29 40 yards race in the NFL scouting combine, consolidating its place as one of the best receivers in this year’s class, and the Packers took the opportunity to make a franchise history.
The open receiver Matthew Golden embraces the NFL Roger Goodell Commissioner after the Packers select it with the 23 team during the first round of the NFL 2025 draft on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The draft extends until April 26. (IMAGN)
For the first time since 2002, the Packers selected a receiver in the first round of the NFL draft, and Golden is ready for this next chapter of his football career.
“Now looking back, it definitely makes sense, and as I said, God made me go through everything I spent in my life for a reason. I feel that is really what he did to me who I am today and that is why I am who I am.”
