| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (High Honors) |
Spring 2024 |
| CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll |
Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024 |
VILLANOVA: Hard worker who plays the game with great intensity…Has a good understanding of the Wildcat defensive scheme…Will battle for playing time at linebacker…Expected to compete to be the team’s long snapper.
2023: Saw playing time in seven games…Missed time due to an injury…Tallied one assisted stop versus Stony Brook.
2022: Played in 10 games and had 31 total tackles (11 solo/20 assisted) and a fumble recovery…Made a season-high eight tackles at Army…Credited with six total stops versus Monmouth…Tallied a fumble recovery against Monmouth.
2021: Played in all 13 games on the season and tallied 12 total tackles; Lehigh (9/4): Registered one solo tackle and one assisted stop in the season opener; Bucknell (9/11): Had two solo stops and a quarterback hurry; James Madison (10/9): Credited with one assisted stop; Rhode Island (10/23): Posted three solo tackles; William & Mary (10/30): Tallied one assisted tackle; Stony Brook (11/13): Made one assisted tackle in a 33-14 home win; Delaware (11/20): Tallied one solo stop; Holy Cross (12/3): Recorded one solo tackle in the second round of the FCS playoffs to help the Wildcats advance.
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2020 (Spring 2021): Saw playing time at linebacker in all four games … Recorded 10 total tackles on the year, including four solo tackles and six assisted stops … Registered two quarterback sacks and one forced fumble; Stony Brook (3/6): Had a solo tackle while making his collegiate debut in the season-opening win over the Seawolves; Rhode Island (3/13): Registered three total tackles in the home opener … Tallied two solo tackles and one assisted stop while being credited with a sack for a loss of nine yards; Maine (4/3): Recorded a season-high four tackles (one solo, three assisted) … Had a sack for a loss of eight yards and forced a fumble in the road win over the Black Bears; Delaware (4/17): Registered two assisted stops in the season finale.
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Damascus High School: Earned a total of 11 varsity letters during his scholastic career, including four each in lacrosse and wrestling as well as three in football … As a football player was an All-Met third team selection as a senior in 2019 … Teammate of current Villanova running back TD Ayo-Durojaiye … Two-time state champion and two-time first team All-Met wrestler as a junior and a senior … Also a four-time county champion … Set school records for most career wins (177) and pins (108) … Played midfield on the lacrosse team and was a three-time all-county pick.
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Personal: Born 9/14/01 in Gaithersburg, Md. … One of three sons of John and Jennifer Furgeson … Has two brothers, John Allan (22) and Nathan (16) … Father played college football at Geneva and Towson … Brother, John Allan, is a quarterback on the football team at McDaniel … Works in a tree business in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova because it was the best fit for him … Has yet to declare a major.
