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Jersey Number 34
McCallan Castles
- Position:
- TE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 252
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
- High School:
- South Lake Tahoe
- Prev School:
- Cal/UC Davis
Bio
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-Big Sky Second Team
2021 HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-American (Spring & Fall Season)
2021 All-Big Sky Second Team (Fall Season)
2021 All-Big Sky First Team (Spring Season)
CAREER
A graduate transfer tight end who developed into an NFL prospect and made a significant impact in one season with the Volunteers … Participated in 2022 Orange Bowl practices and attended that game before enrolling in post-graduate classes at UT in January 2023 … A physical blocker who also has the ability to stretch the field … Played his first two seasons at California (2018-19) and the following three seasons at UC Davis (2021-22) before coming to Knoxville … Formed a 1-2 punch for the Vols at the position along with Jacob Warren … Signed with California as one of the top tight end recruits in the country as a member of the Class of 2018 … Played and started in 28 games at UC Davis, recording 68 catches for 928 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging 13.4 yards per catch … Appeared in five contests at Cal and recorded one catch ... For his entire career, appeared in 45 games (12 at Tennessee) and made 29 starts … Recorded 91 receptions for 1,226 yards and 14 touchdowns … Invited and participated in the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl in January … Received his Master’s degree from Tennessee in December 2023 before playing in the Citrus Bowl.2023 – RS-SENIOR
Proved to be one of the most versatile tight ends in the SEC … Played in all 13 games coming off the bench … Totaled 22 receptions for 283 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 12.9 yards per catch … His five receiving scores were the most by a Vol tight end since Mychal Rivera logged five in 2012 … The five TDs were also the third-most by SEC tight ends in 2023 … Concluded his career with an 18-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter of the Citrus Bowl win vs. Iowa (1/1) … Had one of his best games of the season in Senior Day win over Vanderbilt (11/25), making three catches for 47 yards and a touchdown ... Hauled in a pair of receptions for 21 yards vs. No. 1 Georgia (11/18) ... Had the most productive game of his FBS career in win vs. UConn (11/4), setting career highs in receptions (four) and receiving yards (56), including a 19-yard TD catch in the third quarter ... Had two receptions for 12 yards, including a 6-yard TD catch right before halftime at No. 11/8 Alabama (10/21) ... Posted his third straight game with two catches, totaling 24 receiving yards in win vs. Texas A&M (10/14) ... Had a pair of receptions for 11 yards in win over South Carolina (9/30) ... Made two catches for 19 yards in win vs. UTSA (9/23) ... Hauled in one catch for 11 yards while playing 37 snaps in SEC debut at Florida (9/16) ... Played 38 snaps in win over Austin Peay (9/9), taking his lone reception 43 yards to the checkerboards in the fourth quarter for his first TD at the FBS level ... Saw action on 45 snaps and made one catch for 16 yards in his Tennessee debut during Vols’ season-opening victory over Virginia (9/2).
2022 – RS-JUNIOR (UC DAVIS)
Tabbed a second team All-Big Sky performer in 2022 after logging 30 receptions for 347 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Started all 11 games at tight end … Caught a season-best five passes for 51 yards at Northern Colorado (10/22) … Touchdown receptions on the year came at South Dakota State (9/10) and Montana State (10/1).2021 – RS-SOPHOMORE (UC DAVIS)
A second-team All-Big Sky honoree and a Hero Sports All-American Sophomore Team … Started all 12 games at tight end … Hauled in 27 passes and was the second-leading receiver with 363 yards … Averaged 14.52 yards per catch with four touchdowns … Made the most of his catches as two of his three receptions went for touchdowns, recording a season-high 86 yards in the victory over San Diego (9/11) ... Caught touchdowns in the season-opening road victory at Tulsa (9/2) and added a 30-yard score against Idaho (10/2) ... Posted a season-high six grabs and added 65 yards receiving against Cal Poly (10/23).2021 – SPRING COVID SEASON (UC DAVIS)
Selected as a Hero Sports Sophomore All-American at tight end while starting all five games during the 2021 spring season moved due to COVID-19 ... An All-Big Sky Conference selection who won the team’s Jim Ferrier Award as outstanding transfer ... Tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns (3) while ranking second among Aggies in receptions (12) and receiving yards (194) ... Caught four passes each vs. Idaho (3/6) and Cal Poly (3/20) ... First Aggie TD put team on the board with 1:25 left in first quarter at Weber State (3/13) … Longest reception was 44-yard TD to cap opening drive of second half vs. Eastern Washington (4/3).2019 – RS-FRESHMAN (CAL)
Appeared in the 2019 season-opener vs. UC Davis but did not record any statistics and elected to transfer.2018 – FRESHMAN (CAL)
Played in three games in 2018 and earned a redshirt as a true freshman … Recorded a 15-yard catch against TCU in the Cheez-It Bowl (12/26) ... Earned Scout Team Player of the Week for the game against North Carolina.HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Class of 2018 who was one of the top 15 tight end prospects in the nation according to 247Sports.com … Considered one of the top 50 overall players in the state of California for 2018 … A four-star prospect by 247Sports.com and ESPN and a three-star prospect by Rivals.com … Attended Berthoud HS (Colorado) from 2014-16 and South Tahoe HS from 2016-18 ... Captured first-team NIAA Class 3A All-Northern Nevada plus second-team All-State for STHS ... Previously garnered All-Tri Valley Conference first-team distinction for Berthoud ... Totaled 102 catches for 2,027 yards and 27 touchdowns in final two seasons at South Tahoe ... Added 34 tackles, including seven tackles for loss, three sacks and three interceptions for the Vikings in that span ... Also lettered four years in basketball, two in track & field, one in baseball across prep career.PERSONAL
Full name is McCallan Verona Castles … Born on Dec. 3, 1999 … Father, Thomas, ran track & field at UC Riverside while his mother, Alison, played basketball at Idaho State … Earned a Master of Science degree in agricultural leadership, education and communication from Tennessee in December 2023 ... Received his undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Davis’ College of Letters and Science in December 2022 … Twitter handle is @McCallanCastles … Instagram handle is @m_castlesFB | Cinematic Recap vs. UAB (9.20.25)
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