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Brittan Golden

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ4971574 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brittan Golden (born July 20, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Texas A&M Buffaloes. He was signed by the Chicago Bears after going unselected in the 2012 NFL draft. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, and New York Giants.

Professional career

Chicago Bears (first stint)

Golden signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2012. In the final preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, Golden returned a blocked punt 22 yards for a touchdown. However, he was waived on August 31.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Golden was signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars' practice squad on December 18, 2012.

Chicago Bears (second stint)

On January 4, 2013, Golden was brought back by the Bears. He was among the final roster cuts on August 30.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Brittan Golden” as american football player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2012, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-07-20. The account is most persuasive where Brittan, Golden and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4971574. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2012 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brittan Golden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.