Kentucky Wildcats · S RoomS

#5 Jordan Castell

Class  SR/TRFrom  Florida (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'2" · 211 lbHometown  Orlando, FL · West Orange

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

4-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Jordan Castell holds the FS · Starter spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterTy BryantStarter

FS · StarterJordan CastellStarter

NB · StarterAaron GatesStarter

SS · BackupCyrus ReyesBackup

FS · BackupJesse Anderson IIIBackup

NB · BackupJaden SmithBackup

Transfer history

2026Florida→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Jordan Castell is a 6'2", 211-pound free safety from Orlando, Florida, who attended West Orange High School. A four-star recruit ranked 212th overall in the 2023 class with a 0.9215 rating, Castell played college football at Florida before transferring to Kentucky. He wears No. 5 for the Wildcats and is classified as a senior/transfer for the 2026 season.

Florida2023 – 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolFloridaRecruiting4-star · No. 212 nationalOriginOrlando, FL · West Orange