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2004 Football

18 Dan Castles

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Manchester Township

Biography

2004 - Caught eight passes for 124 yards including a 53-yard reception in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) ... Broke the all-time touchdown reception record and had six catches for 62 yards against Harvard (Nov. 13) ..Compiled 81 yards on five catches at Princeton (Nov. 6) ... Pulled in nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown against Brown (Oct. 30) ... Recorded 131 receiving yards on eight catches at Yale (Oct. 23) ... Caught seven passes for 59 yards and a touchdown against Columbia (Oct. 16) ... The touchdown against Brown moved Castles into a tie with Miles Macik for the all-time lead in touchdown receptions in Penn history, both now hold the record at 26 ... Caught 12 passes for 112 yards in double overtime win at Bucknell (Oct. 9) ... Scored three touchdowns and caught nine passes for a total of 145 yards in Ivy League opener against Dartmouth (Oct. 2) ...  Caught three passes for 60 yards and a touchdown along with a tackle against Villanova (Sept. 25) ... Caught three passes for 62 yards and one touchdown at San Diego (Sept. 18).

2003 - Led team in receiving ... Played in all 10 games ... Led team with 13 receiving touchdowns ... Earned first-team All-Ivy ... Received Penn football’s Edgar Church Memorial Award for contributing the most to the team ... Hauled in a Penn record-tying 13 touchdowns ... Became only the second Quaker to have over 1,000 yards receiving in one season (1,067) ... Caught a career-high 71 passes ... Pulled down a career-high for receptions (12) against nationally ranked Lehigh ... Caught a career-high 157 yards against Dartmouth (Oct. 4) ... Scored a career high four touchdowns at Franklin Field against Cornell (Nov. 22) ... Caught four passes for 40 yards at Franklin Field in the season opener against Duquesne (Sept. 20) ... Hauled down 10 receptions for 157 yards and one touchdown against Dartmouth (Oct. 4) ... Pulled in four passes for 42 yards at Franklin Field against Bucknell (Oct. 11) ... Racked up 120 yards with nine receptions and one touchdown at Columbia (Oct. 18) ... Caught six passes for 94 yards and one touchdown at Franklin Field against Yale (Oct. 25) ... Brought in nine passes for 75 yards at Brown (Nov. 1) ... Compiled 88 yards on four receptions with one touchdown at Franklin Field against Princeton (Nov. 8) ... Caught four passes for 94 yards and one touchdown at Harvard (Nov. 15).

2002 - 
Third on team in receiving ... Six touchdown receptions second best on team ... Caught career-high 24 passes for 389 yards ... Pulled down career highs for receptions (seven), yards (93) and touchdowns (two) against Brown at Franklin Field (Nov. 2) ... Caught four passes for 74 yards and one touchdown at Lafayette (Sept. 21) ... Hauled down five receptions for 56 yards and one touchdown against Dartmouth at Franklin Field (Oct. 5) ... Caught two passes for 31 yards and one touchdown against Columbia at Franklin Field (Oct.19) ... Caught one pass for 45 yards at Yale (Oct. 26) ... Caught two passes for 26 yards and one touchdown in Ivy title clinching win against Harvard at Franklin Field (Nov. 16).

2001 - Caught first two career passes at Columbia, including a career-high 36-yard reception ... Lined up for six games at wide receiver.

Manchester Township HS - Three-year letterwinner in football ... Named first-team all-state, all-county and all-conference in 2000 ... Three-year letterwinner in baseball and track ... Named first-team All-Ocean County in baseball ... Member of National Honor Society and Boys State Delegate.

Personal - Born Oct. 17, 1982 in Somerville, N.J. ... Son of Michael and Maggie ... Enrolled in the Wharton School.

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