Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos has dedicated to Florida State, he posted Wednesday evening on social media.
Castellanos, who left the Eagles after shedding his beginning job in November, has one yr of remaining eligibility. His dedication to the Seminoles marks an early switch portal win for coach Mike Norvell and forges a reunion for Castellanos with recently hired Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, who beforehand coached Castellanos at UCF.
Castellanos was a two-year starter at Boston College, beginning 12 video games as a sophomore below coach Jeff Hafley in 2023 earlier than retaining the position below first-year coach Bill O’Brien this fall. Castellanos appeared in eight video games in 2024, finishing 61.5% of his passes for 1,366 yards and 18 touchdowns with 5 interceptions, however he left this system within the closing weeks of the common season after he was changed by junior Grayson James in this system’s 37-31 win over Syracuse on Nov. 9.
“Unfortunately, all good issues come to an finish, though it is before I would really like,” Castellanos wrote in a statement posted to X on Nov. 14. “I’ll belief in God and his plan for me on my journey.”
The first Boston College participant to document 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 dashing yards in a season, Castellanos lands at Florida State as an intriguing dual-threat weapon about to affix a Seminoles offense set to endure a makeover below Malzahn after ending the 2024 common season at No. 132 nationally in complete offense (270.3 yards per recreation).
The 5-foot-9, 196-pound passer from Waycross, Ga., initially dedicated to Malzahn and UCF as a three-star prospect within the Class of 2022. He appeared in 5 video games for the Knights as a freshman, finishing 5 passes for 75 yards earlier than transferring to Boston College after the 2022 season.
Castellanos claimed the beginning job with the Eagles in 2023 and led this system to a 7-6 document final fall, totaling 2,248 passing yards with 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions whereas including 1,113 dashing yards and one other 13 scores on the bottom.
Castellanos remained within the beginning position below O’Brien and guided Boston College to a 3-1 begin in 2024. But Castellanos was by no means a pure slot in O’Brien’s offense, and the Eagles adopted their sturdy begin with losses in three of their subsequent 4 video games. Castellanos’ completion share dropped under 50% in his closing two video games previous to his mid-November departure.
Castellanos will arrive at Florida State with a transparent path to the beginning job in 2025, following switch DJ Uiagalelei as a possible reply on the place after the Seminoles’ 2-10 end in 2024.
Uiagalelei was benched simply 5 video games into his debut season at Florida State after transferring from Oregon State. Redshirt freshman Brock Glenn and true freshman Luke Kromenhoek break up beginning duties for the rest of the season.
Kromenhoek, ESPN’s No. 159 general prospect and the No. 7 pocket passer within the 2024 class, entered the switch portal earlier this week. The Seminoles signed four-star 2025 quarterback Kevin Sperry (No. 132 within the 2025 ESPN 300) in the course of the early signing interval final week.