2023 Football Roster

Anthony DelMonaco

11 Jaaron Hayek

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position WR
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Hometown Wayne, N.J.
  • Highschool Wayne Hills

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 SEASON
CAA Football First Team Offense
CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3)
CAA Football Preseason Honorable Mention
2021 SEASON
CAA Football Third Team Offense
ACADEMIC HONORS
NFF Hampshire Honor Society 2024
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team 2021, 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022

Villanova: One of the top receivers in the CAA…Great route runner with outstanding hands…Will be one of the team’s top offensive weapons.

2022: Named first team All-CAA…Started all eight games he played in and tallied 36 receptions for 810 yards and eight touchdowns…Missed the final three games due to an injury…Registered four 100-yard receiving games…Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts at Maine with five catches for 159 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, including an 83-yard touchdown…Posted six receptions for 141 yards and two scores…Recorded four catches for 120 yards at LIU…Made six receptions for 136 yards against Monmouth…Had five catches for 97 yards and a touchdown versus Hampton…Tallied four receptions for 57 yards and a score versus Albany.

2021: Third team All-CAA performer … Played in all 13 games on the year and led the Wildcats with nine receiving touchdowns … Tallied 40 catches for 671 yards while averaging 16.8 yards per reception; Lehigh (9/4): Had four receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown in a season-opening road win; Bucknell (9/11): Registered a 21-yard touchdown reception in the Wildcats home opener; Richmond (9/18): Posted career highs of eight catches and 127 yards to go along with a score; Penn State (9/25): Made four receptions for 26 yards; Rhode Island (10/23): Posted a 22-yard catch in a 44-0 win; William & Mary (10/30): Registered six catches for 115 yards and a touchdown; Elon (11/6): Had three receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown to help Villanova post a 35-0 victory on the road; Stony Brook (11/13): Recorded five catches for 42 yards and two touchdowns in a 33-14 win; Delaware (11/20): Caught a 64-yard touchdown pass and tallied five total receptions for 117 yards in the annual “Battle of the Blue” rivalry game against Delaware; South Dakota State (12/11): Made three catches for 65 yards and a touchdown in the quarterfinal round of the FCS playoffs.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Started all four games at wide receiver and was the team’s second-leading receiver … Amassed 12 catches for 136 yards … Averaged 11.3 yards per catch and had two receptions for 20+ yards; Stony Brook (3/6): In the season-opening win over the Seawolves recorded season highs with five catches and 39 receiving yards, including a long reception on the day of 14 yards; Rhode Island (3/13): Recorded three catches for 34 yards in the home opener; Maine (4/3): Tallied two receptions for 38 yards, including his longest catch of the season for 28 yards; Delaware (4/17): Registered two catches for 25 yards with a long reception of 21 yards in the season finale.
 
2019: Earned a role in the Villanova wide receiver rotation as a true freshman … Played in 12 games with eight starts … Was the team’s second-leading receiver and made 47 catches for 670 yards and eight touchdowns … Averaged 14.3 yards per catch with a long reception on the year of 57 yards … Rushed 10 times for 39 yards and returned seven kickoffs for 95 yards on the year … Ranked fourth on the team with 804 all-purpose yards … Averaged 13.6 yards per kickoff return with a long return of 26 yards … Threw a 68-yard touchdown pass on a trick play … Made one solo tackle … His eight touchdowns were the third-most on the team; Lehigh (9/7): Made his collegiate debut in the home opener against Lehigh and recorded three catches for 44 yards and a touchdown … Caught a 31-yard touchdown pass for the first Villanova points of the game in the second quarter; Bucknell (9/14): Rushed once for seven yards; Towson (9/21): Started for the first time in his collegiate career and notched his first career 100-yard game with six catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns … Averaged 18.0 yards per reception on the night … His scores came on a 31-yard reception in the first quarter and a 27-yard catch in the second quarter; Maine (9/28): Recorded six catches for 70 yards and carried the ball once; William & Mary (10/5): Made six catches for the third straight game … Totaled 83 yards and two touchdowns on his six receptions, with the scoring plays coming on grabs of 16 yards and 37 yards; James Madison (10/12): Made five catches for 86 yards; Stony Brook (10/26): Caught four passes for 62 yards and a touchdown, threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Daniel Smith on a trick play, rushed four times for 21 yards and returned two kickoffs for a total of 37 yards in a busy game in all areas of the Villanova offense … Threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to cap a 99-yard scoring drive in the first quarter and later caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter … Had kickoff returns of 23 yards and 14 yards … His four carries on the night included a season-long 12-yard rush; New Hampshire (11/2): Caught two passes for 27 yards and rushed four times for 13 yards; Richmond (11/9): Had a season-high seven receptions and tallied 73 receiving yards with a long catch of 24 yards … Returned one kickoff; LIU (11/15): Caught two passes for 12 yards and a touchdown while recording a 26-yard kickoff return; Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Tallied his longest reception of the season when he caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of the Wildcats first round FCS playoff game … Made six catches for 105 yards while returning a season-high three kickoffs for 31 yards … The game marked his second career 100-yard receiving game and his first career 50+-yard reception.
 
Wayne Hills High School: Earned three varsity letters in football, two in track & field and one in baseball … As a football player earned all-league and all-state honors … Tallied 64 receptions for 1,162 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior … Was an all-county performer in track & field.
 
Personal: Born 6/6/01 … Youngest of three sons of Vic and Tara Hayek … Older brothers, Hunter and Tyler, also played college football as wide receivers at Rutgers.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2019Freshman

    WR
    6'1" 190 lbs
    26
  • 11

    2020Sophomore

    WR
    6'1" 190 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2021Junior

    WR
    6'1" 195 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Senior

    WR
    6'1" 195 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2023Graduate Student

    WR
    6'1" 200 lbs
    11