Lucas suffered a season-ending injury in Florida State’s game against Boston College on Labor Day. The Houma, Louisiana, native had just seven touches in 2024, including 13 rushing yards on two carries, three catches for 39 yards and 36 yards on two kickoff
returns.
At Indiana in 2022-23, Lucas accumulated 2,052 all-purpose yards courtesy of 1,163 kickoff return yards, 546 rushing yards, 329 receiving yards and 14 punt return yards. His three kickoff return touchdowns are tied for the Hoosiers’ career record.
As a sophomore in 2023, Lucas earned third-team All-Big Ten honors after leading the league with 26.0 yards per kickoff return. He ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 92.3 all-purpose yards per game.
As a true freshman in 2022, Lucas was a first-team All-American kick returner, the Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year and a first-team All-Big Ten return specialist. Lucas led the nation with two kickoff returns in 2022 and was the first Indiana player since 2014 with three 70-yard scoring plays in a season.
For his career, Lucas has 1,199 kickoff return yards, 559 rushing yards and 368 receiving yards, with nine total touchdowns.
𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓽: @jaylinlucas1 is among the preseason candidates for the award presented by the AP, CSC and Fiesta Bowl
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.
In the 2023 Fenway Bowl, Castellanos was named the game MVP after rushing for a career-high 156 yards and two touchdowns in a win over SMU. He had five 100-yard rushing games in 2023, including a 142-yard, four-touchdown performance against Army.
Castellanos spent his freshman season in 2022 at UCF, where current FSU offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was the head coach. He completed nine passes for 75 yards and ran 14 times for 120 yards and one touchdown in limited action with the Knights.
Castellanos is also on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding player.
𝓙𝓸𝓱𝓷𝓷𝔂 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓼 𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓐𝓻𝓶 𝓐𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓽: @Tommy_casto is among the preseason candidates for the top upperclassman QB
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Weaver, who climbed to No. 11 in the World Golf Amateur Rankings this summer, is the highest ranked golfer on the 10-player GB&I team.
Weaver advanced to match play at the 2025 U.S. Amateur last week and helped Great Britain and Ireland win the St. Andrews Team Trophy. Weaver was also a part of Team International that won the Palmer Cup in June, and he led Team England to bronze at the European Team Championships.
Individually, Weaver qualified for the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont, where he finished fourth among amateurs.
The match play event will air on Peacock and the Golf Chanel both days. Team USA leads the series 39-9-1. Team GB&I last took home the Walker Cup in 2015 behind a 16 ½, 9 ½ victory at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.
