Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kenny Golladay was born on November 3, 1993, in Chicago, Illinois. He is a wide receiver in the NFL.

He played college football at Northern Illinois.

A graduate of Chicago's St. Rita High School, Golladay began his collegiate career at North Dakota in 2012. As a freshman, Golladay had 30 catches for 429 yards and a touchdown. In his sophomore season in 2013, Golladay had a breakout year with a team-high 69 catches for 884 yards and eight touchdowns.

After two seasons at North Dakota, Golladay transferred to Northern Illinois in 2014. He had to sit out one season per NCAA transfer rules. As a junior, Golladay had 73 catches for 1,129 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2015.

In his final collegiate season, Golladay had 87 catches for 1,156 yards and eight touchdowns in 2016

The Detroit Lions selected Golladay in the third round (96th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the 12th wide receiver selected in 2017 and became the 39th player drafted from Northern Illinois as well as the sixth highest selection in school history.

In 2018 with new head coach Matt Patricia, Golladay started his second professional season off strong with seven receptions for 114 yards in a losing effort to the New York Jets in the season opener on Monday Night Football. After the loss to the Jets, he scored a receiving touchdown in three of the following four games. He finished the season as the Lions' leading receiver with 70 receptions for 1,063 yards and five touchdowns.

 

On March 20, 2021, Golladay signed a four-year, $72 million contract with the New York Giants.