TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona Cardinals traded down three spots in the second round, then used the pick to select defensive end/outside linebacker Markus Golden of Missouri.
The Cardinals moved from 55th to 58th in a trade with Baltimore, acquiring a fifth-round draft pick from the Ravens (158th overall) in the deal.
The 6-foot-2, 260-pound Golden was a second-team all-SEC selection as a senior. A defensive end in college, he figures to play outside linebacker in the Cardinals' 3-4 scheme.
Golden was selected higher than many had projected.
"They seen me on film," he said. "They didn't worry about all those measurables and short arms and all that because they know I'm a football player. They know I can get after it. They know I can bring excitement and I'm going to come in and go hard every day, in a game, in practice, everything I do."
Golden had 78 tackles, 35 solos, and 10 sacks in 13 games for the Tigers last season.
Asked to describe himself as a pass rusher, Golden said, "I'm just relentless, relentless. Whatever I have to do to get to that quarterback, I'm going to do."