PIT

Matthew Golden

WR #85 · Steelers · OVR 92 · Compare

Also in Madden 27: Matthew Golden, ARI · 78 OVR →

Player Info

Age
26
Height / Weight
71" / 191 lbs
College
Texas
Hometown
Houston
Years Pro
4
Draft
Round 8, Pick 13 (2029)

Contract

Cap Hit
$11.3M
Salary
$49.5M
Bonus
$29.0M
Years Left
4 of 4

Trade Value

386

overall 98.72 × superstar 1.75 × age 26 0.85 × WR 1.15 × contract 0.88

An overpay: $11.3M against the $7.8M a player this good usually costs. 4 years left, which is what gives it weight.

This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.

Market Value

Going rate

—/yr

no comparable player is negotiating right now

Currently paid

$13.5M/yr

median of 12 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running

His deal

$19.6M/yr

not in a negotiating window

Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.

Ratings

Physical

SPD95
ACC97
AGI92
STR61
JMP86
STA89

Ball Carrier

CAR84
BTK77
TRK43
JUK86
SPM85
SFA42

Receiving

CTH94
SPC93
RT-S86
RT-M93
RT-D90
REL93

Progression

No rating history recorded for this player yet.

Season 8 · Madden 26

Preseason only -- exhibition games, never counted toward season totals or records

No stats captured for this season yet.

Career

Earlier titles matched by name and college.

In the Chronicle

  • Vol. 2, Issue 21 · Baker Mayfield throws for 369 yards and four touchdowns and loses by one, Bijan Robinson answers with 212 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns of his own, and the Chronicle's pick to upset Green Bay is wrong by 26 points. Four teams are left for two conference-championship rematches.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 15 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 14-0, Dallas is shut out in the Game of the Week, and Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 324 yards to put the single-season rushing record within reach.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 7 · Two teams are still perfect after seven weeks, a fourth team joins the winless column, and Washington's quarterback still hasn't thrown a single interception.