Player Dossier

2017-2022

Nevada

BJ Casteel

WR • 6'0" • 189 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

BJ Casteel reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Arizona • Nevada
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

BJ Casteel built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona and Nevada. The clearest part of BJ Casteel's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8517

Charter Oak · Covina, CA

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

BJ Casteel, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Arizona. BJ Casteel reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,461
Receptions
138
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

BJ Casteel quick answers

Latest team and position
Nevada · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,461
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
3-star · Charter Oak · Arizona
High school pipeline
Charter Oak · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2022 Receiving yards rank
581 receiving yards · WR 165th (top 16%) · Mountain West 10th (top 6%) · National 173rd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonArizona1124056
2018 Regular SeasonArizona1-00100
2019 Regular SeasonArizona1245397355.8
2020 Regular SeasonArizona411133043.3
2021 Regular SeasonArizona1133326159.1
2022 Regular SeasonNevada1248581467.9

Related Context

BJ Casteel played WR for Arizona and Nevada. Across 6 tracked seasons, BJ Casteel recorded 41 rushing yards, 1,461 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Arizona paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 66.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, Nevada.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

29.6

Efficiency

66.4

Usage

15.2

Consistency

63.4

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 53. San Diego State: 26. Northern Arizona: 49. Oregon: 11. UCLA: 40. Colorado: 25. Washington: 19. USC: 45. Utah: 0. Washington State: 7. Arizona State: 51

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 5 by 70.7. San Diego State: 5 by 34.7. Northern Arizona: 4 by 81.7. Oregon: 1 by 73.3. UCLA: 4 by 66.7. Colorado: 2 by 83.3. Washington: 4 by 31.7. USC: 4 by 75. Washington State: 1 by 46.7. Arizona State: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half34 · Games = 6 · +9.6 vs Second Half
Second Half24.4 · Games = 5 · -9.6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arizona State

Result
Sat 11/27@ Arizona StateL 15-3835114.817028
Sat 11/20@ Washington StateL 18-44177707
Sat 11/13vs UtahL 29-386
Sat 10/30@ USCL 34-414458.411.30021
Sat 10/23vs WashingtonL 16-214194.84.80015
Sat 10/16@ ColoradoL 0-3422510.712.50014
Sun 10/10vs UCLAL 16-344401010018
Sun 9/26@ OregonL 19-411111111011
Sun 9/19vs Northern ArizonaL 19-2144912.312.30029
Sun 9/12vs San Diego StateL 14-385265.25.2009
Sun 9/5vs BYUL 16-2455310.610.60129

Player Story

BJ Casteel story

BJ Casteel built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Arizona and Nevada. The clearest part of BJ Casteel's career was his receiving role: 138 catches, 1,461 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 41 rushing yards across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 41 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 44 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona and Nevada.

The arc is straightforward: BJ Casteel moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nevada

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonArizona241005.9
2018 Regular SeasonArizona0-24
2019 Regular SeasonArizona39747.716.2397
2020 Regular SeasonArizona13356.112-264
2021 Regular SeasonArizona32666.415.2193
2022 Regular SeasonNevada58162.621.6255

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 9 · L 28-35 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

149

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

149 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ USC

Week 8 · L 14-41 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

90.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Colorado

Week 14 · L 13-24 · Conference game

71

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

71 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Incarnate Word

Week 2 · L 41-55

85

Receiving Yards

77.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Arizona State

Week 13 · L 15-38 · Conference game

51

Receiving Yards

77.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Arizona

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · Nevada

67.9

581 primary · 62.6 efficiency · 21.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Arizona

59.1

326 primary · 66.4 efficiency · 15.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games