Stavros Katsantonis
Katsantonis with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2024 | |
| No. 30 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
|---|---|
| Position | Defensive back |
| Roster status | Active |
| CFL status | National |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 9, 1996 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Liberty High School (Bakersfield, California) |
| University | British Columbia |
| CFL draft | 2020: 4th round, 36th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| 2021–present | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Stavros Anastasios Katsantonis (Greek: Σταύρος Αναστάσιος Κατσαντώνης, born September 9, 1996), nicknamed "the Bakersfield Bandit", is a Canadian-American professional football defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played U Sports football for the UBC Thunderbirds. In college he developed a reputation for forcing turnovers, setting school records, as well as cracking the conference and national record books earning 20 career interceptions as well as a total of 10 forced/recovered fumbles. In his first university season, he garnered national attention with six interceptions and a total of four forced and recovered fumbles in seven games. In his true freshman season, he would go on to be proven as an integral part of the 2015 Vanier Cup champion T-Birds, and received the Bruce Coulter Award as the Vanier Cup's Defensive MVP. Katsantonis would go on to be a 3× first team All-Canadian at the safety position during his collegiate tenure.