2024: Started all 16 games in his lone season at Texas, leading the team with a career-high 58 catches for a career-best 987 yards (17.0 avg.) and a career-high nine TDs…Was one of only six FBS players to post 35-plus receptions, 400-plus receiving yards and six-plus TD catches each season from 2022-24…Among players with 50-plus catches, ranked No. 12 in the nation in yards per catch (17.0 avg.), the top mark by a Longhorn (min. 50 rec.) since WR Roy Williams (17.8 avg.) in 2002…Also returned 14 kickoffs for 285 yards (20.4 avg.)… Vs. Colorado State (Aug. 31): Posted a pair of TD receptions in his Texas debut, a 1-yard grab in the first quarter and an 11-yarder in the second quarter as he finished with three catches for 50 yards (16.7 avg.)…At Michigan (Sept. 7): Was tied for No. 2 on the team with six receptions for 41 yards (6.8 avg.), including a 5-yard TD grab late in the first half to give the Longhorns a 24-3 lead…Vs. Georgia (Oct. 19): Posted a team-high 77 yards on three catches (25.7 avg.), including a 34-yard reception…Vs. Florida (Nov. 9): Hauled in three passes for 64 yards (21.3 avg.), highlighted by a 29-yard TD grab in the first quarter and a 32-yard TD catch in the second quarter…At Arkansas (Nov. 16): Posted a pair of TD catches for the second straight game (20 yards, 1 yard)… Vs. Georgia (Dec. 7): Posted a career-high 162 receiving yards on eight catches (20.3 avg.), including a 50-yard grab in the SEC title game…Vs. Arizona State (Jan. 1): Led the team with seven catches for 149 yards (21.3 avg.) in the CFP Quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl, including a 28-yard TD reception in the first overtime to tie the game at 31 in the eventual 39-31 win.
2023: Started the first nine games of the season for the Cougars, posting 38 catches for 404 yards (10.6 avg.) and six TDs before sustaining a foot injury that sidelined him for the final three contests…Earned second-team All-Big 12 recognition at KR/PR after posting a 35.7-yard average and two TDs on 14 kickoff returns…Was tied for No. 2 in the nation in kickoff return TDs and was one of only five players in the country with multiple TDs on kickoff returns…Was tied for the team lead and was tied for No. 8 in the Big 12 in receiving TDs… Finished No. 2 on the team in all-purpose yards with 725… At Rice (Sept. 9): Hauled in five passes for 60 yards (12.0 avg.), including a pair of TD receptions (10, 2 yards)… Vs. TCU (Sept. 16): Was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after posting a 98-yard kickoff return for a TD while adding four catches for 56 yards (14.0 avg.)…Vs. Sam Houston (Sept. 23): Registered a career-high nine receptions for a season-high 92 yards (10.2 avg.) and a TD… Vs. West Virginia (Oct. 12): Posted a career-long 100-yard kickoff return for a TD in the second quarter of the 41-39 win…Vs. Texas (Oct. 21): Led the team with seven receptions for 88 yards (12.6 avg.), including a 32-yard TD grab in the second quarter and a 3-yard TD catch in the third quarter.
2022: Played in 11 games with eight starts as a true freshman, setting a school record for true freshmen and ranking No. 2 in the nation among true freshmen with seven TD receptions…Posted 38 catches for 584 yards (15.4 avg.) while adding five kickoff returns for 116 yards (23.2 avg.)…Ranked No. 7 in the nation among true freshmen in receiving yards and led all true freshmen with four TD receptions of 20-plus yards… Ranked No. 2 on the team in all-purpose yards (700)…At Texas Tech (Sept. 10): Posted his first collegiate TD when he hauled in a 15-yard TD pass in the first overtime…At SMU (Nov. 5): Recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game, finishing with five grabs for 105 yards (21.0 avg.), including a 42-yard TD grab in the second quarter…Vs. Temple (Nov. 12): Posted a game-winning 44-yard TD catch with 30 seconds remaining in the 43-36 win…At East Carolina (Nov. 19): Registered a season-high eight catches for a season-best 127 yards (15.9 avg.), the most receiving yards by a Houston true freshman since WR Steven Dunbar (150 vs. Tulsa) on Nov. 22, 2014. Recorded a pair of 26-yard TD receptions in the third quarter.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time all-district selection at Klein Cain High School (Klein, Texas), posting 3,242 receiving yards and 32 receiving TDs across three seasons…Finished with 74 receptions for 1,416 yards (19.1 avg.) and 12 TDs as a senior in 2021, earning honorable mention 6A all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association along with all-district honors for District 15-6A…Was the unanimous District 15-6A Special Teams Player of the Year as a junior in 2020, also taking home first-team all-district recognition…Earned first-team all-district honors at both WR and KR as a sophomore, recording 13 TD catches…Also competed in track and field, participating in the 4x200, 4x100 and 200-meter events.
PERSONAL: Given name Matthew Diovion Golden…Born in Houston, Texas…Hosted a youth football camp in Spring, Texas, in April 2025...Visited patients at a children's hospital in Plano, Texas, in February 2025.
