Green Bay Packers: Matthew Golden Gets Intriguing Rookie of the Year Betting Odds

There is growing hype on Green Bay Packers rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden. The moment the Packers used a first-round pick to get him in the 2025 NFL draft immediately gave Green Bay fans a reason to feel high on him. Until this year’s draft, the Packers had not selected a wideout in the first round of the NFL draft in over two decades. 

But that changed with Golden, who played his first two seasons in college with the Houston Cougars before transferring to Austin with the Texas Longhorns, where he turned even more heads. In his lone season with the Longhorns, Golden amassed 987 receiving yards and nine touchdowns on 58 receptions.

Golden has big dreams not just for himself in the NFL but for the Packers, who are looking to win their first Super Bowl since 2011.

“Definitely want to go get that [Lombardi] Trophy, man,” Golden shared (via  Chris Bengel of CBS Sports). “That’s the question mark we got in our team room is just filling in that blank. That’s the last thing we need in that team room and, for us, that’s all we talk about at practice is getting that trophy. So, we’re doing everything we can each and every day to get to that point and just letting the rest be built up by itself.”