Markus Golden is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Golden in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Golden's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Markus Golden

Top 28% all-time linebackersReliable StarterTeam Carrier · #291

Height6'2"

Weight260 lb

BornMar 13, 1991

Age

Career Value · VORP

43 career value over replacement — #2295 all-time of 4,695. 4.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #58 (Rd 2) · ARI · 2015 · +7.9 vs expected KV-H

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46.1 expected · Δ+7.9

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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2015	24	ARI	15	—	29	19	10	4	12	4.0	20.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	517	53.5%	145	32.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25	ARI	16	—	45	35	10	16	22	12.5	50.5	0	1	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	761	71.1%	17	3.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26	ARI	4	—	11	11	0	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	230	85.5%	15	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	ARI	11	—	27	22	5	5	6	2.5	13.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	393	54.1%	2	0.6%	0	0	—	—	—	13	6	4	3	1	0.0
2019	28	NYG	16	—	68	33	35	13	27	10.0	50.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	916	82.3%	21	4.5%	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.0	44	16	14	93	6	0.1
2020	29	ARI / NYG	16	—	31	15	16	6	20	4.5	30.5	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	591	—	13	—	8	6	0.8	37.5	-1.5	30	10	15	71	3	0.1
2021	30	ARI	16	—	44	29	15	10	19	11.0	40.0	0	1	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	682	67.3%	10	2.0%	7	5	0.7	87.2	2.0	35	15	9	41	13	0.2
2022	31	ARI	17	—	45	19	26	7	20	2.5	29.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	781	70.3%	—	0.0%	8	5	0.6	75.0	-1.6	22	4	15	54	1	0.0
2023	32	PIT	16	—	17	11	6	6	10	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	230	21.4%	13	3.2%	2	1	0.5	72.9	-3.5	9	0	5	14	0	0.0
Career		—	127	—	317	194	123	68	140	51.0	259.0	1	8	11	6	1	0	—	0.0%	5,101	60.5%	236	6.3%	27	18	—	—	—	153	51	62	276	24	—

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A linebacker with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 43 · #2295 · Above Average

Worth 43 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 50% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

4 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.6

Avg surplus

peak +15

5 seasons × ~8.6 surplus ≈