CFL: 5
Tiger-Cats: 5
ACQUIRED: Selected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the fourth round, 36th overall, in the 2020 CFL Draft.
AWARDS
Ticats Most Outstanding Canadian – 1 – (2023)
CAREER:
2025: Appeared in 17 of 18 regular season games, recording 69 defensive tackles, three special teams tackles and six interceptions…Playoffs: Suited up for the Eastern Final, registering three defensive tackles…Named to the Eastern Division All-CFL team and league-wide All-CFL team.
2024: Appeared in 14 games, registering 56 defensive tackles, one sack and one interception.
2023: Appeared in 18 regular season games on both defense and special teams…Started 15 games…Registered 55 defensive tackles, two special teams tackles, two sacks, five interceptions, one touchdown and one forced fumble…Was named the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Most Outstanding Canadian for the first time in his career…Re-signed with the Tiger-Cats on Dec. 4…Playoffs: Started the Eastern Semi-Final recorded six tackles in Montreal on Nov. 4/23.
2022: Dressed in all 18 regular season games…Led the team in special teams tackles with 20…in total, registered five defensive tackles and 20 special teams tackles…Playoffs: Appeared in Hamilton’s East Division Semi-Final against Montreal.
2021: Signed a contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats January 21…Dressed in 14 regular season games…Tallied 19 total tackles, including 15 defensive tackles, added one pass knockdown and one fumble recovery…Playoffs: Dressed in all three playoff games, including two starts (Eastern Semi-Final, 108th Grey Cup)…Recorded two tackles, one pass knockdown and one interception November 28 vs Montreal…Recorded five tackles in the Grey Cup vs Winnipeg.
2020: Did not play in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic…Selected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the fourth round, 36th overall, in the 2020 CFL Draft on April 30.
COLLEGE/PERSONAL:
College: Katsantonis appeared in 43 games over four seasons at the University of British Columbia (2015-18), registering 205 total tackles, 18 interceptions, 16 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries as a Thunderbird. The 5-10, 188-pound native of Bakersfield, California was named to the First Team All-Canadian defensive squad three of his four years at UBC (2016, 17, 18).
Personal: Stavros’ father, Jimmy was born and raised in Edmonton and played defensive back at the University of Calgary.
Seasons
Defence
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | DT | ST | SACKS | INT | TD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2021
|
HAM | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
2022
|
HAM | 18 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
2023
|
HAM | 18 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
|
2024
|
HAM | 14 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
2025
|
HAM | 17 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
81 | 200 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
Game Log
Game Participation Count
| Year | Team | Regular | Semi-Final | Final | Greycup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2021
|
HAM | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
|
2022
|
HAM | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
2023
|
HAM | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
2024
|
HAM | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
|
2025
|
HAM | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
Defence
| DATE | WEEK | OPP | DT | ST | SACKS | INT | TD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
06-07
|
1 | CGY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
06-14
|
2 | SSK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
06-27
|
4 | MTL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
07-04
|
5 | TOR | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
07-12
|
6 | OTT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
07-20
|
7 | OTT | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
07-27
|
8 | BC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
08-02
|
9 | EDM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
08-07
|
10 | BC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
09-01
|
13 | TOR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
09-06
|
14 | MTL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
09-12
|
15 | WPG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
09-20
|
16 | EDM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
09-27
|
17 | WPG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
10-04
|
18 | TOR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
|
10-11
|
19 | CGY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
10-24
|
21 | OTT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
69 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Player Transactions
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