VILLANOVA, Pa. - Villanova University head football coach Andy Talley today announced that senior quarterback John Robertson will be out indefinitely after suffering a torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in last Saturday's 28-21 win over Delaware.

Robertson will be replaced in the starting line-up by redshirt freshman Zach Bednarczyk. In the Delaware win, Bednarczyk completed 4-of-6 for 57 yards and one touchdown to go with one carry for 21 yards and a score.

In three games in 2015, Robertson has completed 43-of-74 for 522 yards to go with three touchdowns and one interception. He also tallied 50 carries for 138 yards and three scores.

Robertson won the 2014 Walter Payton Award given to the top player in FCS Football and was named the 2015 CAA Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. As a junior last season, he completed 197-of-301 passes (65.4%) with 35 touchdowns and three interceptions. He also had 227 carries for a team-high 1,078 yards and 11 scores. Robertson and Brian Westbrook are the only two Villanova players to have three 1,000 yard rushing seasons. In seven of his 13 games last year, Robertson threw at least three touchdown passes.

During the 2014 season, Robertson broke the Wildcats record for career yards of total offense. His current career total is 10,933 yards, including 7,290 passing yards and 3,643 rushing yards. Robertson's rushing total ranks second in school history, while he is fourth in the Villanova record book in career passing. He also ranks second in school history in career scoring (290 points), both total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns (48), and career 100-yard rushing games (15). Robertson ranks fourth in school history in career passing touchdowns (65) and also holds the school record for the longest pass play with an 87-yard completion.