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]
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]
^Williams, Jack (September 14, 2023). "Quarterback Thomas Castellanos biggest threat to FSU football in ACC opener at Boston College". Tallahassee Democrat – via Yahoo!.
^ abThompson, Rich (August 28, 2023). "QB's Morehead, Castellanos give BC different looks". Boston Herald.
^Smith, Brian (December 14, 2021). "UCF QB Commitment Thomas Castellanos Opens up About His Recruitment". Sports Illustrated.
^Helwig, Brandon (March 15, 2021). "Gus gets his QB: Thomas Castellanos excited about UCF commitment". Rivals.com.
^Beede, Jason (April 23, 2023). "QB Castellanos enters spring transfer portal". Sun Sentinel. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abWeiler, Curt (September 12, 2023). "FSU aware of BC QB Thomas Castellanos' athleticism after recruiting him". Rivals.com.
^Thamel, Pete (September 9, 2023). "Boston College makes Thomas Castellanos starting QB". ESPN.
^"Thomas Castellanos helps Boston College edge Holy Cross". Reuters. September 9, 2023.
^"Ex-UCF QB Thomas almost leads BC to upset of FSU". Orlando Sentinel. September 16, 2023.
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thomas, castellanos, american, football, quarterback, boston, college, eagles, previously, played, knights, castellanos, with, boston, college, 2023boston, college, eagles, 1positionquarterbackclasssophomorepersonal, informationborn, waycross, georgia, height5. Thomas Castellanos is an American football quarterback for the Boston College Eagles He previously played for the UCF Knights Thomas CastellanosCastellanos with Boston College in 2023Boston College Eagles No 1PositionQuarterbackClassSophomorePersonal informationBorn Waycross Georgia U S Height5 ft 10 in 1 78 m Weight196 lb 89 kg Career historyCollegeUCF 2022 Boston College 2023 present Bowl games2023 Fenway Bowl Off MVP 1 High schoolWare County GA Stats at ESPN com Contents 1 Early life 2 College career 2 1 UCF 2 1 1 2022 season 2 2 Boston College 2 2 1 2023 season 2 3 Statistics 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editCastellanos 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 editUCF edit 2022 season edit 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 edit 2023 season edit 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 edit Season Games Passing RushingGP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TDUCF Knights2022 5 0 0 0 9 16 56 3 75 4 7 0 0 95 6 14 120 8 6 1Boston College Eagles2023 13 12 7 6 189 330 57 3 2 248 6 8 15 14 121 0 215 1 114 5 2 13Career 17 11 7 6 187 328 57 0 2 221 6 8 15 14 121 1 208 1 077 5 2 12References edit FenwayBowl December 28 2023 Your Wasabi Fenway Bowl Offensive MVP Thomas Castellanos Tweet Retrieved December 28 2023 via Twitter Thomas Castellanos ESPN Thomas Castellanos 247Sports Thomas Castellanos Ware County The Atlanta Constitution August 15 2021 p C8 via Newspapers com nbsp Williams Jack September 14 2023 Quarterback Thomas Castellanos biggest threat to FSU football in ACC opener at Boston College Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo a b Thompson Rich August 28 2023 QB s Morehead Castellanos give BC different looks Boston Herald Smith Brian December 14 2021 UCF QB Commitment Thomas Castellanos Opens up About His Recruitment Sports Illustrated Helwig Brandon March 15 2021 Gus gets his QB Thomas Castellanos excited about UCF commitment Rivals com Beede Jason April 23 2023 QB Castellanos enters spring transfer portal Sun Sentinel p C5 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Weiler Curt September 12 2023 FSU aware of BC QB Thomas Castellanos athleticism after recruiting him Rivals com Thamel Pete September 9 2023 Boston College makes Thomas Castellanos starting QB ESPN Thomas Castellanos helps Boston College edge Holy Cross Reuters September 9 2023 Ex UCF QB Thomas almost leads BC to upset of FSU Orlando Sentinel September 16 2023 External links editUCF Knights bio Boston College Eagles bio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Castellanos amp oldid 1193067941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
