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Jake Golday Minnesota Vikings · #41

Linebacker · 6' 4", 240 lbs · Arlington, TN · Age 23

Jake Golday is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 51st overall, 2026.

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Scouting report

Jake Golday — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Linebacker · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jake Golday is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 51st overall, 2026.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jake Golday stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
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Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
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Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
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Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1651 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
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Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jake Golday — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
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Playmaking
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Rebounding
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Shooting
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The engine

How the model sees Jake Golday

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the production line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 23 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: — → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jake Golday career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Context

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

49–33proj record
#5conf seed
+3.1net rtg
115.6off rtg
112.5def rtg
89%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Aaron Jones Sr., Andrew Van Ginkel.
How his role moves
Projected 49–33, 5th in the conference. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jake Golday

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2003-05-23

The beginning

Jake Golday is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings.

Minnesota Vikings

Turning pro

Drafted 51st overall, 2026 as a Linebacker.

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Jake Golday is a Minnesota Vikings linebacker, drafted 51st overall, 2026.

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He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where Golday goes from here.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
240 lbs
Draft
51st overall, 2026
Born
Arlington, TN
Age
23
Jersey
#41
Background

Jake Golday is from Arlington, TN and is 23 years old. He was drafted 51st overall, 2026 and plays linebacker at 6' 4", 240 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Golday is currently on the Minnesota Vikings roster.

The person

Jake Golday is a depth and special-teams linebacker who has piled up 0 tackles with 0 sacks and 0 interceptions across his career.

Tackle volume0 career tackles over 0 seasons.
Draft pedigree51st overall, 2026.
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FAQ

Jake Golday — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jake Golday, answered.

What position does Jake Golday play?
Jake Golday is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings.
When was Jake Golday drafted?
Jake Golday was drafted 51st overall, 2026.
How many seasons has Jake Golday played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Jake Golday's career stats?
He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Jake Golday career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

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This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2026
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk3 · Ankle

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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