Sebastian Paul Costa (December 7, 1941 – October 12, 2015) was an American football tight end.
[1] He played college football for the University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish.
In his first year, in the 1965 AFL Championship game against the San Diego Chargers, he teamed with Ernie Warlick in one of the first uses of the "double tight end" formation installed by head coach Lou Saban.
Costa caught two passes for 32 yards, Warlick caught three for 35 yards and a touchdown as the Bills defeated the Chargers for the second consecutive year, this time shutting them out 23 - 0, the first shutout in AFL Championship game history.
He was a pastor for sixteen years, and traveled nationally and internationally as a speaker in churches, conferences, and schools.