Matthew Golden has the type of speed that can break open NFL games, running a blistering 4.29-second 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine.

Matthew Golden was well aware that the Green Bay Packers hadn’t selected a wide receiver in the first round of the NFL draft since 2002. But that didn’t shake Golden’s confidence that his name would be called by the Packers.

Green Bay Packers first-round pick Matthew Golden was assigned the No. 81 uniform by the team on Friday. It's a big aesthetic change for Golden, who wore No. 2 in high school, as a sophomore at Houston and as a junior at Texas.