Two Arizona receivers have put their names in the NCAA transfer portal.
BJ Casteel and Boobie Curry became the latest Wildcats to enter the portal.
Casteel started 17 games for Arizona, all over the past three seasons. He caught 90 passes for 880 yards and four touchdowns during his UA career.
Casteel had 33 grabs for 326 yards and one score this past season but lost playing time late in the year as Jedd Fisch turned to younger players. Casteel had a career-high seven drops in 2021 after having only one in three previous seasons, per Pro Football Focus.
Although he was a fifth-year player this past season, Casteel will have one more year to play. The 2020 season didn’t count toward anyone’s eligibility because of the pandemic.
Curry notched career highs with 21 catches for 233 yards and three touchdowns as a third-year sophomore in 2021. One of Arizona’s most improved players this year, Curry notched a 75% catch rate, and PFF charged him with only one drop in 28 targets.
Curry was a four-star recruit in the class of 2019 out of Houston. He came to the UA with Grant Gunnell, his high school quarterback. Gunnell transferred to Memphis last offseason.
Arizona will have a different-looking receiving corps next year with Casteel and Curry likely transferring and Stanley Berryhill III entering the NFL draft. Freshmen Dorian Singer and Anthony Simpson played extensively down the stretch and should have prominent roles along with returnee Jamarye Joiner and Ma’jon Wright, who sat out the 2021 season.
Nine UA players have entered the transfer portal since the start of the ’21 season.
