Cincinnati Bearcats LB Jake Golday Wins Weekly National Award Following Iowa State Performance

 UC linebacker Jake Golday continued his great play in Saturday's 38-30 win over Iowa State this past weekend, and it earned him Senior Bowl National Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Golday posted 12 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and made a clutch 4th-and-1 stop late in the game. He now leads all Big 12 players in tackles per game this season (9.8).

The rangy linebacker was Cincinnati's highest-grade player in the game by Pro Football Focus, and he's elevating his 2026 NFL Draft more and more each week. That's way down the line, though. Scott Satterfield, Golday, and the rest of the team are focused on UCF this Saturday.

“I don't think we think like that. We try to stay in the moment," Satterfield said about looking ahead. "I think if you think like that, then you set yourself up failure. For us, it's about our process. It's about celebrating this win today, because it was a big win, and then it's about getting in there tomorrow and trying to heal up, and then moving forward for our next opponent. So, you can't think like that. You've got to think about one week at a time and your opponent that you're getting ready to play.”

The game kicks off at noon ET on FS1.