 Casillas at the 2010 Super Bowl parade in New Orleans | |||||||||||||
| No. 52, 54 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-06-03)June 3, 1987 (age 38) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | New Brunswick (NJ) | ||||||||||||
| College | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2009: undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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Jonathan Casillas (born June 3, 1987) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedhigh school football atNew Brunswick High School andcollege football for theWisconsin Badgers. He is ofPuerto Rican andAfrican-American ancestry.[citation needed]
Casillas playedcollege football at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | Bench press | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 238 lb (108 kg) | 4.50 s | 24 reps | |||||||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
He went undrafted in the2009 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 theNFL Combine.
InSuper 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 theIndianapolis 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 theinjured reserve list, ending his 2010 season.[5]
Casillas signed with theTampa 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 theTampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal.
Casillas, along with a 2015 sixth-round draft pick, was traded to theNew England Patriots on October 28, 2014, for the Patriots' 2015 fifth-round draft pick.On February 1, 2015, he won his secondSuper Bowl ring when the Patriots defeated theSeattle Seahawks, 28–24, inSuper Bowl XLIX.
On March 10, 2015, Casillas signed a three-year, $10.5 million contract with theNew 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.[10]
In 2017, Casillas started eight games before being placed on injured reserve on December 6, 2017 after battling wrist and neck injuries.[11]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
