Florida State football QB Tommy Castellanos: 2025 Maxwell Award Watch List candidate
Castellanos will be making his FSU debut on Aug. 30 when the Seminoles host Alabama at 3:30 p.m. in Week 1 of the regular season at Doak Campbell Stadium.
He spent his last two years at Boston College, where he started 20 games. He completed 297-for-507 passing for 3,689 yards and 33 touchdowns.
On the ground, he rushed for 1,427 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. His career year was in 2023 when he produced 3,361 total yards of offense and 28 touchdowns, including 1,113 rushing yards and 13 rushing scores. He was the first Eagle in program history to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for over 1,000 yards.
Before BC, he was at UCF, where Gus Malzahn was the head coach, and spent five seasons with the Golden Knights.
The top three candidates will be released on Nov. 11, and the Award show will be on Dec. 11.
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Florida State football 2025 schedule
Aug. 30, Alabama, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 6, East Texas A&M, Noon
Sept. 20, Kent State, TBA
Sept. 26, at Virginia (Friday), 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, Miami, TBA
Oct. 11, Pittsburgh, TBA
Oct. 18, at Stanford, 10:30 p.m.
Nov. 1 Wake Forest, TBA
Nov. 8 at Clemson, TBA
Nov. 15 Virginia Tech, TBA
Nov. 21 at North Carolina State (Fri.), 8 p.m.
Nov. 29 at Florida, TBA
More: Florida State football projected depth chart for offense: Who we think starts vs. AlabamaThis article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Florida State football Tommy Castellanos: Maxwell Award Watch List
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