Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON
CAA Football Second Team Defense
ACADEMIC HONORS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Spring 2022

Villanova: Transfer from UAlbany who played in 38 career games and had 301 total tackles for the Great Danes from 2018-21 … Was a second team All-CAA performer at linebacker during the shortened Spring 2021 season.
 
2021 (UAlbany): Played in 10 games and totaled 77 tackles, including 37 solo stops and 40 assisted tackles … Had 3.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one interception … Recorded four tackles at North Dakota State in the season opener … Had eight tackles and was credited with half a tackle for loss against Rhode Island … Made four solo stops versus Syracuse … Had two solo tackles and three assisted stops versus Delaware … Tallied nine total tackles and a forced fumble at William & Mary … Made 10 total tackles, including a two-yard tackle for loss, to go along with a forced fumble and an interception against Villanova … Recorded three solo tackles and two assisted stops versus Maine … Had a season-high 14 tackles, including eight solo stops and a tackle for loss, at Towson … Credited with three solo tackles and an assisted stop versus Morgan State … Tied his season high with 14 total tackles against Stony Brook.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): (UAlbany): Named a second team All-CAA performer and earned a spot on the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … Led the team with 34 tackles, including 28 solo stops, in four games played … Had a season-high 14 tackles against Maine … Recorded an interception against Rhode Island.
 
2019 (UAlbany): Appeared in all 14 games at linebacker … Recorded 109 tackles on the year, including 57 solo stops … Had eight tackles for loss with one sack, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Recorded a season-high 13 total stops in the regular season finale at Stony Brook … Forced one fumble in the FCS payoffs versus Central Connecticut.
 
2018 (UAlbany): Appeared in 10 games, recording 81 tackles (32 solo, 49 assisted) … Made a game-high 16 tackles versus Morgan State.
 
2017 (UAlbany): Redshirted.
 
Christian Brothers Academy: Earned four varsity letters in football and three in basketball … Named an All-New York First Team selection and All-Central New York Mr. Football by the Syracuse Post-Standard as a senior when he amassed 197 tackles, 44 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and four forced fumbles while leading his team to a 10-1 record … Two-time all-state and all-city player … Combined for 251 tackles in his final two scholastic seasons … Team captain as a senior … Part of two league titles in both football and basketball … As a basketball player averaged 15.9 points per game as a senior … Member of the Spanish Club.
 
Personal: One of five children of Rick and Beth Damico … Has two brothers, Christian and Ricki, and two sisters, Gabby and Michelle.