Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2021 SEASON

CAA Football Third Team Defense

ACADEMIC HONORS

CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

Villanova: Hard hitter who plays the game with great intensity … Has a good feel for the game … Will be in the mix for playing time at linebacker.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Missed the entire spring season.
 
2019: Started the first five games of the season at middle linebacker before suffering a season-ending injury … Recorded 33 tackles, including 14 solo stops and 19 assisted tackles … Had 1.5 tackles for loss … Credited with two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries; at Colgate (8/24): Had five total tackles in the season opener, including two solo stops and three assisted tackles; Lehigh (9/7): Recorded a career-high 10 tackles in the home opener, including three solo tackles and seven assisted stops … Had one tackle for a loss of a yard in the game; at Bucknell (9/14): Made four assisted stops to go along with a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry; at Towson (9/21): Registered seven tackles (six solo, one assisted) to go along with a quarterback hurry in a road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers; Maine (9/28): Made seven stops, including three solo tackles and four assisted tackles, and had a pass breakup before sustaining a season-ending injury.
 
2018: Saw action in all 11 games and made three starts at linebacker … Ranked second on the team with 4.5 sacks and was third with 8.5 tackles for loss … Finished fifth on the squad with 48 total tackles, including 25 solo stops and 23 assisted tackles … Recorded a forced fumble and a pass breakup; at Temple (9/1): Registered a solo tackle in a 19-17 win over FBS foe Temple in the season opener; at Lehigh (9/8): Registered four total tackles, three solo and one assisted, while being credited with a sack for a loss of eight yards in a 31-9 road win over the Mountain Hawks; Towson (9/15): Recorded four tackles (three solo, one assisted) for the second straight game and had a tackle for a loss of five yards; Bucknell (9/22): Made four total stops (one solo, three assisted) in a lopsided 49-7 victory; at Stony Brook (9/29): Made one assisted tackle; at Maine (10/6): Tallied seven total tackles in the game, including two solo stops and five assisted tackles … Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a 10-yard sack; James Madison (10/13): Made his first collegiate start and recorded six total tackles … His five solo stops were a season high and he also had one assisted tackle … His efforts on the day included two tackles for loss, with one of those a sack for a loss of two yards … Also had a pass breakup; New Hampshire (10/27): Registered four solo tackles and three assisted stops on the day … Had an 11-yard sack and forced a fumble; William & Mary (11/10): Started at linebacker and had a season-high eight total tackles, including four solo and four assisted stops … Registered a tackle for loss; at Delaware (11/17): Tallied a solo tackle and an assisted tackle in a 42-21 win over Delaware in the season finale.
 
2017: Played in all 11 games as a freshman and recorded seven total tackles on the year, including three solo stops and four assisted tackles … Recorded a kickoff return in the game at Rhode Island … Made his collegiate debut in the 38-35 season-opening win at Lehigh on September 2; Lafayette (9/16): Recorded an assisted tackle for his first career stop in the home opener against the Leopards; at Albany (9/23): Made one assisted stop versus the Great Danes; at Towson (9/30): Made one assisted tackle; Maine (10/7): Recorded an assisted tackle for the fourth straight contest; Richmond (11/4): Tallied a solo tackle against the Spiders; at Rhode Island (11/11): Was credited with a kickoff return for 16 yards; Delaware (11/18): Made a season-high two solo tackles in the 28-7 win over Delaware to close out the season.
 
Imhotep High School: Earned four varsity letters in football … Was a Blue-Grey All-American and a first team all-state honoree … Earned first team All-Public League honors and was a first team All-USA Pennsylvania selection … As a senior in 2016 tallied 100 tackles, including 35 tackles for loss and six sacks … Named to the 2016-17 Honor Roll academically.
 
Personal: Born 11/25/98 … One of seven children of Michelle Straughter … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.