Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2024: 1 catch, 10 receiving yards.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Twentynine Palms, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 342 nationally · Joined New Mexico State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2024: 1 catch, 10 receiving yards.
Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda
Moves the chains on third down. Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 10 rec yds, 1 receptions against Wisconsin — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nebraska, 715 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
4 programs, one constant: he played.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.2 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.3 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nebraska | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Nebraska | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Nebraska | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 37 | 578 | 15.6 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 715 | 16.2 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nebraska | -- | -- | -- | 60 | -- |
| 2023 | Nebraska | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Nebraska | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 1 | 6 | 42 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 6 | 42 | 60 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 28–10
vs Colorado
12 LONG · 8 AVG · 16 YDS
With D. Raiola — 185 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.4 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · B. Buschini — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 60 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-7vs UTEP | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-10vs Colorado | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Northern Iowa | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-10@ Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-56@ Indiana | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-21@ Ohio State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-25vs Wisconsin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 10 yds |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Sam Crawford Jr.’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jakobie Keeney-James’s path through Massachusetts.
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As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tim Jones's freshman season at Southern Miss (2020).
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Differs from Tim on
Player DNA