Stavros Katsantonis information

Stavros Katsantonis
No. 30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
	Katsantonis with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2021
Born:	September 9, 1996 (age 27); Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Defensive back
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
University	British Columbia
High school	Liberty High School (Bakersfield, California)
CFL draft	2020, Round: 4, Pick: 36
Drafted by	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
NFL draft	2020, Undrafted
Career history
As player
2021–present	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
	Vanier Cup champion (2015); Bruce Coulter Award (2015); 3× First Team All-Canadian (2016, 2017, 2018);
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca;

Stavros Anastasios Katsantonis (Greek: Σταύρος Αναστάσιος Κατσαντώνης, born September 9, 1996), nicknamed "the Bakersfield Bandit",^[1] is a Canadian 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 collegiate season, he garnered national attention with six interceptions and a total of four forced and recovered fumbles in seven games.^[2] 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.^[3]^[1] Katsantonis would go on to be a 3× first team All-Canadian at the safety position during his collegiate tenure.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "UBC's Katsantonis a game-changer for defence, earns his new nickname: The Bakersfield Bandit | The Province". November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^ "Thomas Erlington among CIS players honoured - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^ "UBC Thunderbirds beat Montreal to win Vanier Cup - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^ "Pinto, Katsantonis, Hladik named first team All-Canadians". University of British Columbia Athletics. November 22, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

[Province-1] "UBC's Katsantonis a game-changer for defence, earns his new nickname: The Bakersfield Bandit | The Province". November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

[2] "Thomas Erlington among CIS players honoured - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

[3] "UBC Thunderbirds beat Montreal to win Vanier Cup - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

[4] "Pinto, Katsantonis, Hladik named first team All-Canadians". University of British Columbia Athletics. November 22, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

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