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Packers first-round pick Matthew Golden to wear No. 81 uniform

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. He wore No. 10 as a freshman at Houston. Backup quarterback Malik Willis currently holds the No. 2 uniform. Jordan Love wears No. 10.

Introducing 81@amfam pic.twitter.com/meSlzXenIn

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) April 25, 2025

It's unclear if Golden asked for the No.