| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2023 SEASON |
| CAA Football Third Team Offense |
| CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week (October 30) |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| NFF Hampshire Honor Society |
2024 |
| CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (High Honors) |
Fall 2023 |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll |
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024 |
| PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team |
2023 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024 |
VILLANOVA: Named the CAA preseason Offensive Player of the Year…Earned a spot on the preseason Walter Payton Award Watch List…Possesses a strong, accurate throwing arm…Can also make plays with his feet in the running game…Experienced performer with a great grasp of the Wildcat offensive scheme.
2023: Earned third team All-CAA honors…Started all 13 games and completed 152-of-269 for 2,682 yards to go with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions to go with 96 carries for 378 yards and 10 scores…Tallied 46 throws of 20 yards or longer and 19 completions of 40 yards or longer…Registered two 300-yard passing games and two 100-yard rushing efforts…Completed 13-of-19 for 361 yards and four touchdowns versus Stony Brook…Was 15-of-24 for 2999 yards and three scores versus Towson…Carried 13 times for 125 yards versus Elon…Completed 16-of-23 for 289 yards and three touchdowns at North Carolina A&T…Went 8-of-11 for 310 yards and two scores to go with two rushing touchdowns versus Colgate…Rushed 10 times for 113 yards and three scores and completed 8-of-11 for 310 yards and two touchdowns versus Rhode Island…Connected on 17-of-27 for 222 yards and two scores at Delaware…Completed 12-of-21 for 275 yards and a touchdown versus Youngstown State in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
2022: Started all 11 games and completed 128-of-233 for 2,057 yards with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions to go with 83 carries for 467 yards and nine scores…Completed 11-of-15 for 298 yards and three touchdowns and had a 15-yard rushing touchdown versus Lehigh…Went 7-of-12 for 196 yards with four interceptions and two touchdowns to go with a 30-yard touchdown run…Threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns by completing 18-of-26 versus Albany…Completed 13-of-20 for 239 and a score against Monmouth…Went 13-of-16 for 255 yards and four touchdowns at Maine…Ran for a career-high 130 yards and two scores on 11 carries and completed 14-of-31 for 161 yards and a touchdown versus Hampton.
2021: Played in seven games during the season … Completed 9-of-13 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown … Also handled occasional punting duties and punted 11 times for 381 yards with an average of 34.6 yards per punt … Had one 50-yard punt;
Lehigh (9/4): Went 5-of-7 for 49 yards as Villanova tallied a 47-3 win in its season opener;
Bucknell (9/11): Completed 3-of-4 passes for 62 yards and a touchdown in the home opener;
Penn State (9/25): Punted eight times for 277 yards with an average of 34.6 yards per punt and a long punt of 44 yards;
James Madison (10/9): Punted twice for 81 yards, including a 50-yard punt;
UAlbany (10/16): Had a 23-yard punt;
Stony Brook (11/13): Was 1-of-1 for five yards in a 33-14 win.
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2020 (Spring 2021): Played in each of the first three games of the season … Completed all six of his pass attempts on the season and threw for 83 yards … Averaged 13.8 yards per completion with a long pass of 34 yards … Rushed three times with a long carry of two yards;
Stony Brook (3/6): In his first collegiate action under center was 5-of-5 through the air for 63 yards, including a 34-yard completion, in the Wildcats season-opening win over the Seawolves … Added a two-yard run on two carries during the game;
Rhode Island (3/13): Played one series in the Wildcats home opener;
Maine (4/3): Completed his only pass attempt for 20 yards in the team’s road win over the Black Bears.
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2019: Saw playing time in each of the Wildcats final two games of the season … Made his collegiate debut against Delaware on November 23 and also appeared in the first round of the FCS playoffs against Southeastern Louisiana a week later.
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Loyalsock Township High School:Â First team all-state ... First team All-District IV ... Four-time first team all-conference honoree ... Golden 33 quarterback ... Mr. PA Football semifinalist ... Four-time all-league honoree in baseball ... Two-time all-league honoree in basketball ... Four-year team captain in baseball and basketball.
Personal:Â Born 4/12/01 ... One of seven children of Todd Watkins and Dayne Waller ... Mother played college basketball at Virginia Wesley and Mansfield.
