The Green Bay Packers selected Texas WR Matthew Golden with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Matthew Golden is an explosive and dynamic receiver with positional flexibility.

On Thursday night, with the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay, the franchise finally selected a skill position player with a first-round pick. The massive crowd assembled around the draft stage exploded when Packers president Mark Murphy announced the team would select Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden.

The Green Bay Packers snapped their 23-year streak of not picking a wide receiver in the first round when they selected Matthew Golden out of Texas at No. 23 overall on Thursday night. Golden is the first Packers' first-round receiver since Javon Walker in 2002.