Player Dossier

2018-2023

Tennessee

McCallan Castles

TE • 6'5" • 252 lbs • South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

McCallan Castles reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

9.4

Efficiency

74.2

Consistency

54.2

Season Value

59.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Tennessee

18192323

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
California • Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

McCallan Castles, TE. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Tennessee. McCallan Castles reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

McCallan Castles played TE for California and Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, McCallan Castles recorded 298 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Tennessee paired 283 primary output with 74.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 74.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, Tennessee.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2023 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

23.6

Efficiency

74.2

Usage

9.4

Consistency

54.2

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

123456789101112

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 18. Virginia: 16. Unknown: 43. Florida: 11. UTSA: 19. South Carolina: 11. Texas A&M: 24. Alabama: 12. UConn: 56. Missouri: 5. Georgia: 21. Vanderbilt: 47

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 1 by 100. Virginia: 1 by 100. Unknown: 1 by 100. Florida: 1 by 73.3. UTSA: 2 by 63.3. South Carolina: 2 by 36.7. Texas A&M: 2 by 80. Alabama: 2 by 40. UConn: 4 by 93.3. Missouri: 1 by 33.3. Georgia: 2 by 70. Vanderbilt: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins27.3 · Games = 7 · +15.0 vs Losses
Losses12.3 · Games = 4 · -15.0 vs Wins
First Half19.7 · Games = 6 · -7.8 vs Second Half
Second Half27.5 · Games = 6 · +7.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs Iowa

Result
Mon 1/1vs IowaW 35-01181818118
Sat 11/25vs VanderbiltW 48-2434715.715.70129
Sat 11/18vs GeorgiaL 10-3822110.510.50012
Sat 11/11@ MissouriL 7-36155505
Sat 11/4vs UConnW 59-34561414119
Sat 10/21@ AlabamaL 20-342126616
Sat 10/14vs Texas A&MW 20-132241212013
Sat 9/30vs South CarolinaW 41-202115.55.50011
Sat 9/23vs UTSAW 45-142199.59.50014
Sat 9/16@ FloridaL 16-291111111011
Sat 9/9vs Unknown1434343143
Sat 9/2vs VirginiaW 49-131161616016

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    California

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tennessee

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

2018201920232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonCalifornia151005.9
2019 Regular SeasonCalifornia0-15
2023 PostseasonTennessee28374.29.4283
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee28374.29.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

California

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

27

Primary metric

27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.

#2

Tulsa

44

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#3

UConn

56

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#4

TCU

15

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

Vanderbilt

47

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · Tennessee

283 primary output · 74.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage

59.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

59.5

283 primary · 74.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · California

52.9

15 primary · 100 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8884

South Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA

Committed To
California
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

298

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 15 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.