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Cornerback, Penn State, 2017–⁠21

Tariq Castro-Fields

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 191 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Upper Marlboro, MD
Born: Jan 14, 1999

Tariq Castro-Fields played cornerback at Penn State (2017–⁠21). The San Francisco 49ers took Castro-Fields in round 6, No. 221 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 52; Tackles, 2019 (Penn State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 221; Round 6, 2022 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

8tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Indiana, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

11–⁠2AP 89–⁠4AP 1711–⁠2AP 94–⁠57–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2017	Penn State	10	9	2	0	1	3
2018	Penn State	32	21	5.5	1	0	7
2019	Penn State	52	32	3	0	2	8
2020	Penn State	12	6	0	0	0	1
2021	Penn State	33	26	0	0	0	7
Career		139	94	10.5	1	3	26

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Penn State	5	CB	Yr 1
2018	Penn State	5	CB	Yr 2
2019	Penn State	5	CB	Yr 3
2020	Penn State	5	CB	Yr 4
2021	Penn State	5	CB	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′0″	191

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Penn State 12 games, 33 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 4	atWisconsin	W 16–⁠10	5	5	0
Sep 11	vs.Ball State	W 44–⁠13	3	1	0
Sep 18	vs.Auburn	W 28–⁠20	2	2	1
Sep 25	vs.Villanova	W 38–⁠17	1	1	1
Oct 2	vs.Indiana	W 24–⁠0	2	1	2
Oct 9	atIowa	L 20–⁠23	3	2	0
Oct 23	vs.Illinois	L 18–⁠20	6	4	1
Oct 30	atOhio State	L 24–⁠33	2	2	1
Nov 6	atMaryland	W 31–⁠14	3	3	0
Nov 20	vs.Rutgers	W 28–⁠0	1	1	0
Nov 27	atMichigan State	L 27–⁠30	4	3	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Arkansas	L 10–⁠24	1	1	0

2020 Penn State 3 games, 12 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Oct 24	atIndiana	L 35–⁠36	5	4	1
Oct 31	vs.Ohio State	L 25–⁠38	1	1	0
Nov 7	vs.Maryland	L 19–⁠35	6	1	0

2019 Penn State 12 games, 52 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Idaho	W 79–⁠7	3	3	1	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Buffalo	W 45–⁠13	8	6	1	0	2
Sep 14	vs.Pittsburgh	W 17–⁠10	5	3	1	0	0
Sep 27	atMaryland	W 59–⁠0	0	0	0	1	2
Oct 5	vs.Purdue	W 35–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	atIowa	W 17–⁠12	6	6	0	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Michigan	W 28–⁠21	8	1	0	1	1
Oct 26	atMichigan State	W 28–⁠7	2	1	0	0	2
Nov 9	atMinnesota	L 26–⁠31	5	1	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Indiana	W 34–⁠27	8	6	0	0	0
Nov 23	atOhio State	L 17–⁠28	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Memphis	W 53–⁠39	4	3	0	0	0

2018 Penn State 13 games, 32 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.App State	W 45–⁠38	4	2	0	0	0	2
Sep 8	atPittsburgh	W 51–⁠6	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Kent State	W 63–⁠10	3	3	1	0	0	1
Sep 21	atIllinois	W 63–⁠24	1	1	0	0	0	1
Sep 29	vs.Ohio State	L 26–⁠27	4	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 13	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠21	2	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 20	atIndiana	W 33–⁠28	4	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Iowa	W 30–⁠24	1	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 3	atMichigan	L 7–⁠42	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 10	vs.Wisconsin	W 22–⁠10	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	atRutgers	W 20–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 24	vs.Maryland	W 38–⁠3	3	2	1.5	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Kentucky	L 24–⁠27	3	2	2	1	0	0

2017 Penn State 7 games, 10 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 9	vs.Pittsburgh	W 33–⁠14	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Georgia State	W 56–⁠0	–	–	–	–	1	–
Oct 28	atOhio State	L 38–⁠39	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 4	atMichigan State	L 24–⁠27	0	0	0	0	0	3
Nov 18	vs.Nebraska	W 56–⁠44	3	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 25	atMaryland	W 66–⁠3	4	4	1	0	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Washington	W 35–⁠28	1	1	1	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–⁠10).

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′0⅝″
Weight	197 lb
Arm length	30¾″
Hand size	8¾″
Wingspan		76″^W
40-yard dash	4.38 s
10-yard split		1.50 s
Vertical jump		37″^W
Broad jump		10′11″^W
Bench press		14 reps^W
3-cone drill		7.05 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.06 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2023	Washington Commanders	4	2	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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