Usage / Role
1%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Penn State
Colin Castagna
DE • 6'4" • 257 lbs • Barrington, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Colin Castagna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for an edge defender
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Colin Castagna, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State. Colin Castagna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 4
- TFL
- 1
Quick Answers
Colin Castagna quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 4
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Purdue
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DE 339th (top 94%) · Big Ten 511th (top 83%) · National 4,755th (top 83%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
Related Context
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Colin Castagna played DE for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Colin Castagna recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Penn State paired 1 primary output with 7.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Split Comparison
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/9 | vs Pittsburgh | W 33-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
Penn State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 9 · W 62-24 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 2 · W 33-14
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio State
Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
2.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 2.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
1 primary output · 7.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage
36.9
#2
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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