McCallan Castles
Tennessee Volunteers
PositionTight end
ClassGraduate student
Personal information
Born: (1999-12-03) December 3, 1999
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight233 lb (106 kg)
Career history
College Tennessee (2023–present)
Bowl games
High schoolSouth Tahoe
(South Lake Tahoe, California)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big Sky (2020)
  • 2× Second-team All-Big Sky (2021, 2022)

McCallan Castles (born December 3, 1999) is an American football tight end for the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the California Golden Bears and the UC Davis Aggies.

Early life and high school

Castles initially grew up in Berthoud, Colorado and attended Berthoud High School.[1] He moved with his family to South Lake Tahoe, California after his sophomore year of high school and transferred to South Tahoe High School.[2] Castles caught 102 passes for 2,027 yards and 27 touchdowns in two seasons at South Tahoe.[3]

College career

Castles began his college football career with the California Golden Bears. He played in three games during his true freshman season while maintaining a redshirt on the year and caught one pass, which was a 15-yard reception in Cal's 10-7 win over TCU in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl.[4] Castles left the team two games into his sophomore season. He later entered the NCAA transfer portal.[5]

Castles ultimately transferred to UC Davis.[6] He was named first-team All-Big Sky Conference after catching 12 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns in his first season playing for the Aggies, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[7] Castles was named second-team All-Big Sky after recording 27 receptions for 387 yards and four touchdowns.[8] Castles had 30 catches for 347 yards and two touchdowns in his redshirt senior season.[9] After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal and utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.[10]

Castles committed to transfer to Tennessee.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: McCallan Castles, Tight End, California-Davis Aggies". SI.com. November 2, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Strong start: South Tahoe football rolls past Sparks for season opening victory". Tahoe Daily Tribune. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "South Tahoe High grad McCallan Castles heading to play football for Tennessee". SouthTahoeNOW.com. December 7, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vols' Castles hopes traveling from FCS to FBS leads to NFL". Chattanooga Times Free Press. March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cal tight end McCallan Castles announces plan to transfer". The Mercury News. September 12, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ Curtis, Jake (September 2, 2022). "Ex-Cal TE McCallan Castles Returns to Berkeley as UC Davis Star". SI.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Whelan, Castles, Larison honored by HERO Sports All-America teams". Davis Enterprise. May 20, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Football: Castles earns All-American status". Davis Enterprise. August 12, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  9. ↑ Brown, Patrick (January 19, 2023). "Transfer TE Castles checks the boxes at 'real position of need' for Vols". 247Sports.com. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ Sonnone, Brendan (November 29, 2022). "Intriguing Names to Enter the NCAA Transfer Portal (Monday, Nov. 28)". 247Sports.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tennessee football lands tight end McCallan Castles in transfer portal". Knoxville News Sentinel. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
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