Trystan Colon-Castillo

Trystan Colon

Colon in 2021
No. 63 – Baltimore Ravens
Position:	Center
Personal information
Born:	(1998-03-23) March 23, 1998 (age 23) Webb City, Missouri
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	313 lb (142 kg)
Career information
High school:	Webb City (MO)
College:	Missouri
Undrafted:	2020
Career history
Baltimore Ravens (2020–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Games played: 4 Games started: 2
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Trystan Colon, formerly known as Trystan Colon-Castillo (cuh-LONE-cas-TEE-owe; born March 23, 1998), is an American football center for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri.

College career

Then-Colon-Castillo earned the team's Lifter of the Year after his redshirt season. ^[1] Due to his success as a true freshman, Colon-Castillo started 13 games the following year, making it onto the SEC coaches' All-Freshman squad. He then started all 25 games for the Tigers in 2018 and 2019 but the team was ineligible to participate in a bowl game due to NCAA sanctions. ^[2]

Professional career

Baltimore Ravens

After not being selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, then-Colon-Castillo was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens. ^[3] He was waived on September 5, 2020, and re-signed to the practice squad the next day. ^{[4] [5]} He was elevated to the active roster on October 10, 2020 for the team's week 5 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. ^[6] He was promoted to the active roster on October 12, 2020 and made his first career start against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 2, 2020 due in part to the Ravens' team-wide COVID-19 outbreak. ^[7]

The Ravens placed an exclusive-rights free agent tender on Colon-Castillo on March 10, 2021. ^[8] He signed the one-year contract on April 18. ^[9] The Ravens' announcement of this signing officially referred to him as Trystan Colon for the first time, per his request, and has remained the case since. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. Castillo's college career
2. Skretta, Dave (January 31, 2019). "Missouri says it will appeal 'unfair' NCAA penalties for academic misconduct in football, baseball and softball programs". www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
3. Brown, Clifton (April 30, 2020). "Ravens Sign Three Undrafted Free Agents". BaltimoreRavens.com.
4. Mink, Ryan (September 5, 2020). "Ravens' Initial 53-Man Roster Is Set". BaltimoreRavens.com.
5. Brown, Clifton (September 6, 2020). "Ravens Announce 16-Man Practice Squad". BaltimoreRavens.com.
6. Oyefusi, Daniel (October 10, 2020). "Ravens elevate center Colon-Castillo, safety Gilchrist to active roster for divisional game vs. Bengals". Yahoo.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
7. Oyefusi, Daniel (October 12, 2020). "Ravens sign C Trystan Colon-Castillo to 53-man roster, place LB Otaro Alaka on injured reserve". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
8. Mink, Ryan (March 10, 2021). "Ravens Place Tenders on Gus Edwards and Two Other Free Agents". BaltimoreRavens.com. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
9. Alper, Josh (April 18, 2021). "Trystan Colon-Castillo, Kristian Welch re-sign with Ravens". NBCSports.com. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
10. https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/1383461324751994883?s=20
11. https://twitter.com/jeffzrebiec/status/1437548578537312256?s=20

External links

• Baltimore Ravens bio
• Missouri Tigers bio