Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova: Athletic performer with good quickness … Has good tackling skills … Will be in the mix for playing time at linebacker.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Started all four games at middle linebacker and was one of three Wildcats to have more than 20 tackles on the season … Ranked second on the squad with 23 total stops, including 14 solo tackles and nine assisted stops … Registered 3.5 tackles for loss and half a sack … Credited with one pass breakup on the year; at Stony Brook (3/6): Tallied four tackles, including a solo stop and three assisted tackles, in the season opener … Recorded two tackles for a loss of seven yards, including half a sack; Rhode Island (3/13): Tied his career high with eight total tackles in the season opener … Had a career-best seven solo stops to go along with one assisted tackle; at Maine (4/3): Credited with two solo tackles and two assisted stops in the road win over the Black Bears; Delaware (4/17): Registered seven total tackles in the season finale … Had four solo stops, three assisted tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss to go along with a pass breakup.
 
2019: Played in all 13 games and earned starts at linebacker against James Madison and LIU … Recorded 45 total tackles on the season, including 27 solo stops and 18 assisted tackles … Made three tackles for loss with one of those a sack … Had one forced fumble; at Colgate (8/24): Registered a solo tackle in the season opener; Lehigh (9/7): Recorded three solo tackles in the home opener; at Bucknell (9/14): Registered four total tackles (two solo, two assisted), had a sack for a loss of eight yards and forced a fumble in the road win over the Bison; at Towson (9/21): Tallied a solo tackle in the overtime road win against the fifth-ranked Tigers; Maine (9/28): Made one solo tackle and had two assisted stops; at William & Mary (10/5): Tallied three tackles with two solo stops and one assisted stop; at James Madison (10/12): Credited with two solo tackles and an assisted stop; Stony Brook (10/26): Had four total tackles in the game, including two solo stops and two assisted tackles; at New Hampshire (11/2): Registered five tackles on the day (three solo, two assisted) and had a tackle for a loss of four yards; Richmond (11/9): Credited with two assisted stops; LIU (11/15): Had a career-high eight tackles, including a career-high six solo stops to go along with two assisted tackles … Recorded a tackle for a loss of four yards; Delaware (11/23): Made seven total stops, including four solo tackles and three assisted tackles, in a 55-33 win over Delaware in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ rivalry game; at Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Credited with an assisted tackle in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
 
2018: Played in four consecutive games against Bucknell, Stony Brook, Maine and James Madison during his true freshman season; Bucknell (9/22): Made his collegiate debut in a 49-7 home win over the Bison and made three tackles in the game, including two solo stops and one assisted tackle … Was credited with a tackle for a loss of one yard.
 
St. Joseph High School: Earned four varsity letters in football … Named the Atlantic City Press Player of the Year and was the 2017 South Jersey Offensive Player of the Year … First team all-conference performer … His scholastic stats included 1,616 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns to go along with 52 tackles on defense.
 
Personal: Born 9/17/00 in Atlantic City, N.J. … Son of Kirk Townsel and Katura Marshall.