Troy Golden
Troy Golden
Wins his gap play after play. Troy Golden has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Colorado State. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Air Force, Week 12, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Colorado State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Colorado State | 19 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 2 | -- | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Colorado State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 17–14
at Nevada
3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
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