TALLAHASSEE – Florida State senior quarterback Tommy Castellanos is on the Maxwell Award Watch List, presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football.
Castellanos, from Waycross, Georgia, transferred to Florida State in December after starting 20 games for Boston College in 2023-24 and appearing in five games at UCF in 2022. For his career, Castellanos is 297-for-507 passing for 3,689 yards and 33 touchdowns, while adding 1,427 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.
Castellanos became the first player in Boston College history with 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season in 2023, throwing for 2,248 yards and adding 1,113 yards on the ground. He accounted for 28 total touchdowns in 2023. In 2024, Castellanos started the Eagles’ first eight games of the season and recorded 18 passing touchdowns and just five interceptions, accounting for at least one touchdown in all eight games…