Thomas Castellanos

American football player
Thomas Castellanos
Castellanos with Boston College in 2023
Boston College Eagles – No. 1
PositionQuarterback
ClassSophomore
Personal information
Born:Waycross, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg)
Career history
CollegeUCF (2022)
Boston College (2023–present)
Bowl games
  • 2023 Fenway Bowl (Off. MVP)[1]
High schoolWare County (GA)
  • Stats at ESPN.com

Thomas Castellanos is an American football quarterback for the Boston College Eagles. He previously played for the UCF Knights.

Early life

Castellanos was born in Waycross, Georgia.[2] He attended Ware County High School where he played football, basketball and track and field.[3] As a junior, he was named first-team all-state at quarterback while leading his team to a 10–2 record and throwing for 2,881 yards and 23 touchdowns, additionally rushing for 939 yards and 24 touchdowns.[4] As senior, he threw for 2,613 yards and 25 scores while adding 968 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns.[5] Castellanos totaled 7,710 passing yards and 3,681 rushing yards for Ware County, also playing defensive back in addition to quarterback.[6] He committed to play college football for the UCF Knights.[7][8]

College career

UCF

2022 season

As a true freshman with the UCF Knights in 2022, Castellanos appeared in five games and completed 9-of-16 pass attempts for 75 yards.[6] He entered the NCAA transfer portal after the season and ultimately transferred to Boston College.[9]

Boston College

2023 season

Castellanos was named backup to Emmett Morehead to begin the 2023 season, but replaced him in the first half of the season opener against Northern Illinois.[10] Entering the game with his team down 14–0, he helped them comeback before losing in overtime, leading them in passing and rushing while also being responsible for all three of their touchdowns.[10] He was named the team's full-time starting quarterback afterwards.[11] In his first start, he led Boston College to a 31–28 win over Holy Cross while completing 17-of-23 pass attempts for 204 yards and two touchdowns, additionally having 69 rushing yards off 16 attempts.[12] In his second start, he helped the Eagles come close to upsetting third-ranked Florida State, throwing for 305 yards and a touchdown and running for 95 yards and another score in the 31–29 loss.[13]

Statistics

Season Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD
UCF Knights
2022 5 0 0–0 9 16 56.3 75 4.7 0 0 95.6 14 120 8.6 1
Boston College Eagles
2023 13 12 7–6 189 330 57.3 2,248 6.8 15 14 121.0 215 1,114 5.2 13
Career 17 11 7–6 187 328 57.0 2,221 6.8 15 14 121.1 208 1,077 5.2 12

References

  1. ^ @FenwayBowl (December 28, 2023). "Your Wasabi Fenway Bowl Offensive MVP, Thomas Castellanos!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Thomas Castellanos". ESPN.
  3. ^ "Thomas Castellanos". 247Sports.
  4. ^ "Thomas Castellanos, Ware County". The Atlanta Constitution. August 15, 2021. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Williams, Jack (September 14, 2023). "Quarterback Thomas Castellanos biggest threat to FSU football in ACC opener at Boston College". Tallahassee Democrat – via Yahoo!.
  6. ^ a b Thompson, Rich (August 28, 2023). "QB's Morehead, Castellanos give BC different looks". Boston Herald.
  7. ^ Smith, Brian (December 14, 2021). "UCF QB Commitment Thomas Castellanos Opens up About His Recruitment". Sports Illustrated.
  8. ^ Helwig, Brandon (March 15, 2021). "Gus gets his QB: Thomas Castellanos excited about UCF commitment". Rivals.com.
  9. ^ Beede, Jason (April 23, 2023). "QB Castellanos enters spring transfer portal". Sun Sentinel. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ a b Weiler, Curt (September 12, 2023). "FSU aware of BC QB Thomas Castellanos' athleticism after recruiting him". Rivals.com.
  11. ^ Thamel, Pete (September 9, 2023). "Boston College makes Thomas Castellanos starting QB". ESPN.
  12. ^ "Thomas Castellanos helps Boston College edge Holy Cross". Reuters. September 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Ex-UCF QB Thomas almost leads BC to upset of FSU". Orlando Sentinel. September 16, 2023.

External links

  • UCF Knights bio
  • Boston College Eagles bio
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Boston College Eagles starting quarterbacks