| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2025 SEASON |
| Buck Buchanan Award Watchlist |
| Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Second Team |
| CAA Preseason All-Conference |
| 2024 SEASON |
| Phil Steele FCS All-America Second Team Defense |
| CAA First Team Defense |
| Phil Steele All-CAA First Team Defense |
| Villanova Senior Student-Athlete of the Year |
| PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team |
| CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27) |
| Stats Perform Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27) |
| Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Third Team |
| CAA Preseason All-Conference |
| 2023 SEASON |
| CAA Football Honorable Mention |
| 2022 SEASON |
| CAA Football Rookie of the Week |
2022: November 21 |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (High Honors) |
Spring 2024 |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll |
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
VILLANOVA: Named to the preseason All-CAA team…Earned preseason second team All-American honors…One of the top linebackers in FCS Football…Has a high football IQ and quality tackling skills…Possesses excellent leadership traits.Â
2024: Named first team All-CAA…Started all 14 games and tallied 121 tackles (second on team), 9.5 tackles for loss, a team-high five sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery…Earned STATS Perform National Defensive Player of the Week and CAA Defensive Player of the Week for his effort at New Hampshire when he registered a career-high 20 tackles to go with two tackles for loss…Recorded 13 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble versus Delaware…Posted 11 total tackles versus both Youngstown State and Stony Brook.Â
2023: Garnered All-CAA Honorable Mention accolades…Played in 12 games and tallied a team-high 91 tackles (50 solo), six tackles for loss, four sacks and an interception…Made a career-high 14 tackles to go with one tackle for loss and one sack against Youngstown State in the second round of the FCS playoffs…Made 10 stops and had an interception at New Hampshire…Credited with seven solo tackles at Lehigh…Posted seven tackles and a sack versus Colgate…Recorded eight tackles at Delaware…Tallied four solo tackles and two assisted stops against Stony Brook.
2022: Started all 11 games and tallied a team-high 74 tackles (34 solo) to go with nine tackles for loss, four sacks and a forced fumble…Recorded a career-high 15 tackles, including eight solo stops at Richmond…Named CAA Rookie of the Week for his effort against Delaware with 10 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack…Posted seven tackles and a sack for minus 12 yards at Army…Credited with six total tackles against LIU, Albany and Hampton.
2021: Played in four games during his first collegiate season;
Bucknell (9/11): Tallied two assisted tackles in the season opener as the Wildcats posted a 55-3 victory.
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Pennridge High School: Selected as the All-Area Player of the Year and was a first team all-area honoree as a senior … Earned second team all-state accolades as a junior … Three-time first team all-conference pick at linebacker and second team selection as a running back … Achieved High Honors status academically all four years.
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Personal: Born 4/27/03 … Youngest of three children of David and Donna Hartzell … Brother, Joel, played college football at Duquesne.
