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-CFL All-Star, 2019
-West Division All-Star, 2019
The Elks signed Castillo to a two-year contract on March 14, 2022 and he enjoyed a solid season with the club, connecting on 37-of-44 (84.1 percent) of his field goal attempts while connecting on 26-of-29 (89.7) of his convert attempts.
The Elks released him on May 4, 2023 and the Blue Bombers announced his signing 90 minutes later.
Castillo has appeared in 59 CFL games over six seasons with the Blue Bombers (2015), Ottawa RedBlacks (2016), Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2017), B.C. Lions (2019), Blue Bombers (2021) and Elks (2022). He was also in training camp with the Tennessee Titans in 2021 after playing in seven games with the New York Jets in 2020.
Castillo holds a career field goal percentage of 85.5 in the CFL, having made 124 of his 145 attempts, and has a career convert percentage of 90.4.
The Blue Bombers acquired Castillo on October 19, 2021 in a trade with the B.C. Lions in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2022 CFL Draft.
The move turned out to be critical, as during the 2021 Grey Cup run Castillo was seven-of-nine in three regular-season games and then was perfect in the playoffs, connecting on all four converts while going 5-for-5 in blustery conditions at Tim Hortons Field in the club’s overtime victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Castillo was selected by the Roughnecks in the 2020 XFL Supplemental Draft and played give games with the club before the league suspended its season in April due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He then signed with B.C. in 2020, but opted out of his contract when the CFL season was cancelled.
He signed with the Jets in October of 2020 and played in seven games before his release.
Castillo was named a CFL All-Star after connecting on 41-of-45 field goal attempts (91.1 percent), including five field goals covering 50 yards or longer.
Castillo signed with the Redblacks on April 9, 2018, but the lingering effects of an ACL injury led to his release. He was then signed by the Commanders of the Alliance of American Football, but did not play in the league the following spring.
The Ticats signed Castillo in May of 2017 and he connected on made 29 of 34 field goals, 20 of 21 converts, and had 93 punts for a 45.1-yard average in 14 games.
On October 6, 2017, Castillo suffered a season-ending ACL injury and was released in the offseason.
Ottawa signed Castillo in September of 2016 as an injury replacement for Zackary Medeiros, the team’s punter. He punted in two games, recording 13 punts for a 45.2-yard average and was released at the end of that month.
Castillo was first brought to the CFL in October of 2015 after initially signing as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 2014. Castillo finished that year going 10-of-13 in field-goal attempts for the club before Justin Medlock was signed in free agency in 2016.
Castillo played four years at West Texas A&M, hitting on 76.2 percent of his field goals and All-Lone Star Conference All-Star honours each season. He was named Daktronics First Team All-America and Little America First Team honours as a junior in 2012.
He also set the school record for field goals in a season (38) and recorded the second-longest field goal in school history (56 yards) in 2012.
YEAR | TEAM | GP | FGM | FGA | % | LG | C1 M | C1 A | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
|
WPG | 4 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
2016
|
OTT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017
|
HAM | 14 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 57 | 20 | 21 | 107 |
2019
|
BC | 18 | 41 | 45 | 91.1 | 52 | 30 | 33 | 153 |
2021
|
WPG | 3 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
2022
|
EDM | 18 | 37 | 44 | 84.1 | 52 | 26 | 29 | 137 |
Total
|
59 | 124 | 145 | 85.5 | 57 | 85 | 94 | 457 |
YEAR | TEAM | GP | NO | NET YDS | GROSS YDS | AVG | LG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
|
WPG | 4 | 8 | 320 | 348 | 43.5 | 59 |
2016
|
OTT | 2 | 13 | 472 | 588 | 45.2 | 90 |
2017
|
HAM | 14 | 93 | 3181 | 4197 | 45.1 | 63 |
2019
|
BC | 18 | 20 | 598 | 821 | 41.1 | 52 |
2021
|
WPG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2022
|
EDM | 18 | 8 | 266 | 308 | 38.5 | 50 |
Total
|
59 | 142 | 4837 | 6262 | 44.1 | 314 |