Tariq Castro-Fields

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Penn State · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 191 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD

CFB Index 30 · #251 of 321 cornersLow confidenceSan Francisco — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 43, #221 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 288 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the San Francisco in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Penn State, 139 tackles — drafted at #221 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20177 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Riverdale Baptist

2022

Drafted by San Franciscoround 6, pick 221

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#288 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #221

San Francisco · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

#221Rd 6 · Pick 43

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under James Franklin — 42-19 over that span.

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #251 of 321?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#95 / 2743 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#764 / 2743 · 71st pct

Tackles#1229 / 2743 · 54th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2340 / 2743 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #251 of 321 corners

Former four-star. Now #251 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Penn State	33	26	0.0	0.0	7	--	--
2020	Penn State	12	6	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Penn State	52	32	3.0	0.0	8	2	--
2018	Penn State	32	21	5.5	1.0	7	--	--
2017	Penn State	10	9	2.0	0.0	3	1	--
Career		139	94	10.5	1.0	26	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 16–10

at Wisconsin

5 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Stout — 24 LONG · 50 PCT · 4 PTS · S. Clifford — 247 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.5 · 5 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10@ Wisconsin	5	5	—	0
Wk 2	W 44-13vs Ball State	3	1	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-20vs Auburn	2	2	—	1
Wk 4	W 38-17vs Villanova	1	1	—	1
Wk 5	W 24-0vs Indiana	2	1	—	2
Wk 6	L 20-23@ Iowa	3	2	—	0
Wk 8	L 18-20vs Illinois	6	4	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	L 24-33@ Ohio State	2	2	—	1
Wk 10	W 31-14@ Maryland	3	3	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-0vs Rutgers	1	1	—	0
Wk 13	L 27-30@ Michigan State	4	3	—	1
Total		32	25	—	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology