Jordan Castell
Kentucky Wildcats
91
Elite

Jordan Castell

Kentucky WildcatsElite
FSDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Florida
Projected Starter

Is Jordan Castell starting?

Jordan Castell is the projected starter at FS for Kentucky Wildcats.

Senior · #5 · 6'2", 211 lbs

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Depth at FS · Kentucky Wildcats

  1. 1591Jordan CastellStarter
  2. 21372Cyrus Reyes
  3. 31662Jesse Anderson III

Kentucky Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

Ty BenefieldLSU · NBBray HubbardAlabama · FSKJ BoldenGeorgia · SS

Up next for Kentucky

Kentucky plays Tennessee away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 06:15 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 4-star recruit out of West Orange, ranked #208 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 54 tackles, 2 INT, 0 PBU. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #208 NatlTeam Share5%Percentile84th
Orlando, FL
Jersey
#5
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
211 lbs
Transfer
Florida

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5420

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9215
National Rank
#208
High School
West Orange
Hometown
Winter Garden, FL

Why this rating?

On a 86-rated defense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.97 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
86
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24WVANTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-17

Oct 17WOUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
2
PD
1

Final W 21-13

Oct 10WLSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-34 OT

Oct 3WSCTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-34 OT

Sep 26WUSATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-21

Sep 19WTA&MTKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 31-21

Sep 12LALATKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 45-17

Sep 5WYSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-13

Jordan Castell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

54 tkl · 0 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement56%
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