Niko Castillo
Minnesota Golden Gophers
41
DepthDepth
Is Niko Castillo starting?
Niko Castillo is No. 5 on the Minnesota Golden Gophers depth chart at RB.
Freshman · #28
See full Minnesota Golden Gophers depth chart ›Depth at RB · Minnesota Golden Gophers
- 1179Darius TaylorStarter
- 22367TJ Thomas
- 3250A.J. Turner
- 4945Xavier Ford
- 52841Niko CastilloYou
Minnesota Starting Lineup
Top running backs in the Big Ten
- Jersey
- #28
- Class
- FR
Niko Castillo is currently behind Darius Taylor at RB on the Minnesota depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 76 overall this season.
Why this rating?
On a 72-rated offense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 41.
Team offense (SP+)
72
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role; −20 depth penalty
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Sep 4WEIUYDS 2
- CAR
- 4
- YDS
- 2
- AVG
- 0.5
- TD
- 0
Final W 59-7
| OPP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | WEIU | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
Niko Castillo's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
The People's Ratings
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