| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2021 SEASON |
| Buck Buchanan Award - Finalist |
| Associated Press FCS All-America First Team |
| Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team |
| AFCA FCS All-America First Team |
| Hero Sports FCS All-America First Team |
| Maxwell Football Club Brian Westbrook Regional Player of the Year Award |
| CAA Football Defensive Player of the Year |
| CAA Football First Team Defense |
| CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (October 11, November 21) |
| Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List |
| STATS Perform Preseason All-America Third Team |
| CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team |
| 2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON |
| CAA Football First Team Defense |
| CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (April 5) |
| Athlon Sports Spring Preseason All-American |
| Hero Sports Spring Prseason All-American |
| STATS Perform Preseason All-America First Team (Fall 2020) |
| 2019 SEASON |
| CAA Football First Team Defense |
| CAA Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week (October 7) |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021) |
| Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (2021) |
| Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2019, 2021) |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021) |
Villanova: Named to the preseason CAA Football All-Conference team … One of the top linebackers in FCS Football … All-American candidate … Possesses outstanding football instincts … Plays the game with passion and intensity.
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2020 (Spring 2021): Garnered first team All-CAA recognition for the second straight season despite only playing in the final two games of the season … Finished third on the team with 22 total tackles, including 12 solo stops and 10 assisted tackles … Credited with 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack;
at Maine (4/3): Made eight total tackles, including four solo stops and four assisted tackles, in his first game action of the year and was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week;
Delaware (4/17): Notched his eighth career double-digit tackle game with 14 total stops … Registered eight solo tackles and six assisted tackles … Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a sack for a loss of nine yards.
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2019: First team All-CAA performer … One of the team’s breakout performers on the year … Started all 13 games at linebacker and led the team with 116 total tackles … Since tackle stats have been kept in the Villanova record book (beginning with the 1976 season) his 116 tackles are tied for the 25
th most in a single season by a Villanova player … He made 57 solo tackles and 59 assisted stops on the year … His 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 quarterback sacks each ranked second on the team … Registered seven games with double-digit tackles … Had one forced fumble on the year;
at Colgate (8/24): Made eight total tackles (five solo, three assisted), including two tackles for loss and a sack for a loss of eight yards in the season opener;
Lehigh (9/7): Registered his first career game with 10+ tackles, making a then-career high 10 stops with five solo tackles and five assisted tackles;
at Bucknell (9/14): Tallied six tackles, three solo and three assisted, with one tackle for loss;
at Towson (9/21): Registered six solo tackles and had one assisted stop in an overtime road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers;
Maine (9/28): Recorded three total tackles (one solo, two assisted) with half a tackle for loss;
at William & Mary (10/5): Registered a career-high 15 tackles … Had seven solo tackles and eight assisted stops … His efforts for the night included 3.5 tackles for loss which added up to 25 lost yards … Credited with 2.5 sacks for a loss of 18 yards and tallied his first career forced fumble … Earned CAA Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors after this performance;
at James Madison (10/12): Tallied 13 tackles (five solo, eight assisted) with three tackles for loss and two sacks for a loss of 14 yards;
Stony Brook (10/26): Notched his third straight game with double-digit tackles, making one solo stop and nine assisted tackles;
at New Hampshire (11/2): Registered three solo tackles and four assisted stops, including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack for a loss of eight yards;
Richmond (11/9): Made four solo tackles and six assisted stops to register his fifth game of the year with double-digit tackles;
LIU (11/15): Registered 10 tackles (seven solo, three assisted), with a tackle for loss among them;
Delaware (11/23): Recorded three solo tackles and three assisted stops as Villanova downed the Blue Hens in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ rivalry game;
at Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Tallied his seventh double-digit tackle game of the year in the first round of the FCS playoffs … Had 11 total stops (seven solo, four assisted) while making one tackle for a loss of a yard.
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2018: Played in each of the first eight games of the season … Recorded 16 tackles on the year, including eight solo stops and eight assisted tackles;
Towson (9/15): Made his first four tackles of the season in the Wildcats home opener, including two assisted stops and two solo tackles;
Bucknell (9/22): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop in a 49-7 home win over the Bison;
at Stony Brook (9/29): Credited with two stops, including a solo tackle and an assisted tackle;
at Maine (10/6): Registered two assisted tackles;
James Madison (10/13): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop;
New Hampshire (10/27): Matched his season high with four total tackles … Had a season-best three solo tackles and was credited with one assisted stop.
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2017: Earned playing time in nine games as a true freshman … Played mostly on special teams and was credited with three solo tackles, including one sack, on the year … Made his collegiate debut in the home opener against Lafayette on September 16 and went on to play in each of the final nine games of the season;
Lafayette (9/16): Recorded two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of nine yards in a 59-0 win for the Wildcats in their home opener;
Maine (10/7): Made one solo stop in the team’s second shutout win of the season.
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Waynesboro Area High School: Two-time all-state and three-time all-conference performer as a scholastic player … Was the league MVP and was selected All-State Super 25 Class 5A … As a senior in 2016 his stats included 112 total tackles, including 74 solo stops and 21 tackles for loss … Was a four-year Honor Roll student academically.
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Personal: Born 5/29/99 … One of four children of Matt Rhyne and Laura Richardson … Mother ran track and played basketball at Millersville … Brother, Dakota, played football at Bloomsburg … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
