If he reaches his potential, he's going to be an excellent college football player with NFL ability.
That, in a nutshell, is 6-foot-4, 275-pound Elijah Golden, the defensive tackle out of Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota, Fla., who verbally committed to the Irish Saturday, Aug. 9 over Oklahoma, Alabama and Virginia Tech with an extensive list of who's who in college football also in pursuit.
Golden is listed as the No. 112 player in the Class of 2026 by 247Sports and the No. 162 composite player.