Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Nevada
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.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 56 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona | 12 | 45 | 397 | 3 | 55.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona | 4 | 11 | 133 | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 11 | 33 | 326 | 1 | 59.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 48 | 581 | 4 | 67.9 |
Related Context
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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
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 62.6 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
48.4
Efficiency
62.6
Usage
21.6
Consistency
36.8
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 7. New Mexico State: 3. Incarnate Word: 85. Iowa: 2. Air Force: 15. Colorado State: 87. Hawai'i: 22. San Diego State: 27. San José State: 149. Boise State: 31. Fresno State: 63. UNLV: 90
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. Texas State: 1 by 46.7. New Mexico State: 1 by 20. Incarnate Word: 5 by 100. Iowa: 1 by 13.3. Air Force: 1 by 100. Colorado State: 9 by 64.4. Hawai'i: 4 by 36.7. San Diego State: 4 by 45. San José State: 7 by 100. Boise State: 5 by 41.3. Fresno State: 5 by 84. UNLV: 5 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins5 · Games = 2 · -52.1 vs Losses
Losses57.1 · Games = 10 · +52.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
100 vs UNLV
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UNLV | L 22-27 | — | 5 | 90 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 75 |
| Sun 11/20 | vs Fresno State | L 14-41 | — | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 1 | 28 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Boise State | L 3-41 | — | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 6.20 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ San José State100 receiving yards | L 28-35 | — | 7 | 149 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 1 | 53 |
| Sun 10/23 | vs San Diego State | L 7-23 | — | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 0 | 24 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Hawai'i | L 16-31 | — | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Colorado StateHigh volume | L 14-17 | — | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Air Force | L 20-48 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Iowa | L 0-27 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Incarnate Word | L 41-55 | — | 5 | 85 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Texas State | W 38-14 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 8/28 | @ New Mexico State | W 23-12 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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.
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Arizona
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 24 | 100 | 5.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | -24 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona | 397 | 47.7 | 16.2 | 397 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona | 133 | 56.1 | 12 | -264 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 326 | 66.4 | 15.2 | 193 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 581 | 62.6 | 21.6 | 255 |
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
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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
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