Jonathan Casillas
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | June 3, 1987||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | New Brunswick (NJ) | ||||||||||||
College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||
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Jonathan Casillas (born June 3, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. He played high school football at New Brunswick High School and college football at Wisconsin. He is of Puerto Rican and African-American ancestry.
College career
[edit]Casillas played college football at Wisconsin.
Professional career
[edit]Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | Bench press | |||||||||
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6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
238 lb (108 kg) |
4.50 s | 24 reps | |||||||||
All values from NFL combine[1] |
New Orleans Saints
[edit]He went undrafted in the 2009 NFL draft, but was later signed as a free agent.[2] Casillas was coming off surgery from a knee injury and was only a participant in the bench press at the NFL Combine.
In Super Bowl XLIV, he was officially credited with recovering the Saints's third-quarter onside kick to start the second half en route to their 31–17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.[3][4]
Casillas was expected to take over as the Saints' starting weakside linebacker for the 2010 season. However, he suffered a foot injury during the last game of the preseason, and he was placed on the injured reserve list, ending his 2010 season.[5]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
[edit]Casillas signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 13, 2013.[6] He played in 12 games before being placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury.[7] On March 7, 2014, Casillas re-signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal.
New England Patriots
[edit]Casillas, along with a 2015 sixth-round draft pick, was traded to the New England Patriots on October 28, 2014, for the Patriots' 2015 fifth-round draft pick. On February 1, 2015, he won his second Super Bowl ring when the Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 28–24, in Super Bowl XLIX.
New York Giants
[edit]On March 10, 2015, Casillas signed a three-year, $10.5 million contract with the New York Giants.[8][9] Signed as a special teamer, Casillas emerged as a starter for the Giants midway through the 2015 season.
In 2016, Casillas played in all 16 games with 15 starts, recording a career-high 96 tackles.
In 2017, Casillas started eight games before being placed on injured reserve on December 6, 2017 after battling wrist and neck injuries.[10]
NFL career statistics
[edit]Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2009 | NOR | 11 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | NOR | 13 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | NOR | 14 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | TAM | 12 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | TAM | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NWE | 8 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | NYG | 15 | 7 | 88 | 67 | 21 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | NYG | 16 | 15 | 96 | 62 | 34 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | NYG | 8 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
102 | 48 | 385 | 263 | 122 | 6.5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2009 | NOR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | NOR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "NFL Combine Results: Jonathan Casillas". NFL.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ Will the Saints Find Gold in the 2009 Undrafted Free Agents Class?
- ^ "New Orleans 31 - 17 Indianapolis: Final | 2010-02-07 | National Football League | Yahoo! Sports".
- ^ "Saints Coach’s Pair of Bold Bets: One Miss, One Turning Point", The New York Times, Joe LaPointe February 8, 2010.
- ^ "New Orleans Saints' Jonathan Casillas out for the season", The Times-Picayune, September 4, 2010.
- ^ Jonathan Casillas makes the jump from Saints to Bucs
- ^ "Bucs place Jonathan Casillas on injured reserve", Profootballtalk.com, December 4, 2013.
- ^ "Linebacker Jonathan Casillas signs four-year deal with Giants". nj.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Eisen, Michael (March 11, 2015). "Giants sign RB Shane Vereen; announce Free Agent signings". Giants.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Giants' injury news: LB Jonathan Casillas to IR, WR Darius Powe promoted". BigBlueView.com. December 6, 2017.
External links
[edit]- New Orleans Saints bio Archived August 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Wisconsin Badgers bio
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
- New Brunswick High School alumni
- Players of American football from Jersey City, New Jersey
- American football linebackers
- Wisconsin Badgers football players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- New England Patriots players
- New York Giants players
- Hispanic and Latino American players of American football