2011 Football Roster
Kendrick Golden
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
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Career Lettered four years for the Tigers but had career cut short senior year by injury ... Played in 41 career games for the Tigers ... Registered 32 total tackles during career including 19 solo stops ... Credited with 4.5 career tackles for lost yardage (-15 yards) and a quarterback sack (-4 yards) ... Broke up two passes, forced a fumble and recovered another, returning it 36 yards during playing career.
Honors (Academic/Athletic) Earned Tiger 3.0 Club list recognition for the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 semesters.
2014 (Senior) Played the first six games of senior season before being sidelined the remainder of the 2014 season by injury ... Recorded four total tackles during the year ... Had a season-high two tackles including one for loss in road game at then, No. 11 UCLA.
2013 (Junior) Tallied 12 total tackles while playing in all 12 games as a junior ... Finished the year with two tackles for lost yardage (-7 yards) ... Had three, multi-tackle games including two tackles against both Houston and Cincinnati ... Also broke up a pass in the road game at Houston ... One of his two tackles against Cincinnati was for five lost yards ... Had at least one tackle in eight games during the year including seven straight contests at one point in the season ... Had a season-high three tackles including one for a two-yard loss at Louisville.
2012 (Sophomore) Played in all 12 games as a sophomore, starting one contest ... Registered 16 total tackles including 2.5 for loss and a quarterback sack ... First career tackle came in Week Two at Arkansas State ... Earned his first career start the week following the A-State game at home against Middle Tennessee ... Posted a career-high, five-tackle game against the Blue Raiders including three solo stops ... Had three tackles in back-to-back conference games against East Carolina and UCF ... Forced a fumble against ECU and credited with a half tackle for loss against UCF ... The week following the UCF game registered another tackle for loss against SMU ... In the "Battle for the Bones," recovered a punt blocked by teammate Reggis Ball at the UAB 24 ... Following the punt block recovery, Memphis would score its third touchdown of the third quarter en route to a 46-9 win over the Blazers ... Closed out sophomore season with a two-tackle game against Southern Miss ... Helped set the defensive tone of the Southern Miss game with a quarterback sack on the Golden Eagles' first offensive series ... Was part of a defensive unit which held USM to 95 rushing yards and 288 yards of total offense.
2011 (Freshman)
Saw action in 11 contests, with most of his appearances coming on special teams ... Had a fumble return for a TD vs Marshall ... Picked up a fumble by the Thundering Herd punter and returned it 36 yards for the score ... Had eight punt return yards in a road win at Tulane ... Picked up a punt block by teammate Ricky Holloway and returned it to the Green Wave 7 yard line ... His recovery led to a Tigers' TD for a 26-17 lead.
Southwind High School
Starred at Southwind High School for Coach Cedric Miller ... Played defensive end and tight end for the Jaguars ... Named the team's defensive MVP ... Received All-Shelby Metro and all-region first team accolades as a senior.
Personal
Son of Iris Anderson ... Born July 2, 1991, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Graduated December, 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Sports & Leisure Management.
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