Castellanos enters transfer portal, Texas Tech likely destination — SkimNews
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- Thomas Castellanos entered the NCAA transfer portal after receiving a fifth year of eligibility through a temporary injunction a Kentucky judge granted Friday in a lawsuit that also included former Missouri basketball standout Mark Mitchell.
- Because of that injunction, Castellanos will not be affected by the new Colorado lawsuit ruling that stripped eligibility from class of 2022 athletes — a distinction that keeps his career on the market when many of his recruiting-class peers just lost theirs.
- Castellanos' 2025 season at Florida State: 58.3% completion rate, 2,760 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, plus 557 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns, highlighted by a Week 1 upset of No. 8 Alabama.
- Texas Tech has emerged as the most likely landing spot per multiple reports; the Red Raiders lost Cincinnati transfer Brendan Sorsby to fallout from a gambling scandal and now lean on Will Hammond, who is coming off a torn ACL suffered in October.
- The rest of the Texas Tech roster profiles as a 'legitimate College Football Playoff threat' after bringing in 22 portal players — a class ranked No. 6 nationally by 247Sports — making QB depth a high-leverage need Castellanos would fill.
- Career path: Castellanos signed with UCF as a three-star Georgia recruit in the 2022 class, transferred to Boston College after one season, started two years there (rushing for 1,113 yards as a sophomore), and jumped to Florida State for his senior year.
Why it matters: Castellanos' Kentucky injunction preserved a fifth year of eligibility that the Colorado ruling would have stripped from his class, keeping his dual-threat production (1,113 rushing yards as a BC sophomore) on the open market. For Texas Tech, adding a proven starter behind a recovering Will Hammond insulates a roster whose 22-player portal class ranked No. 6 nationally per 247Sports.
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