Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2021 SEASON

Buck Buchanan Award - Finalist

Associated Press FCS All-America First Team

Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team

AFCA FCS All-America First Team

Hero Sports FCS All-America First Team

Maxwell Football Club Brian Westbrook Regional Player of the Year Award

CAA Football Defensive Player of the Year

CAA Football First Team Defense

CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (October 11, November 21)

Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List

STATS Perform Preseason All-America Third Team

CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team

2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON

CAA Football First Team Defense

CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (April 5)

Athlon Sports Spring Preseason All-American

Hero Sports Spring Prseason All-American

STATS Perform Preseason All-America First Team (Fall 2020)

2019 SEASON

CAA Football First Team Defense

CAA Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week (October 7)

ACADEMIC HONORS

CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)

Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (2021)

Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2019, 2021)

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)

Villanova: Named to the preseason CAA Football All-Conference team … One of the top linebackers in FCS Football … All-American candidate … Possesses outstanding football instincts … Plays the game with passion and intensity.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Garnered first team All-CAA recognition for the second straight season despite only playing in the final two games of the season … Finished third on the team with 22 total tackles, including 12 solo stops and 10 assisted tackles … Credited with 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack; at Maine (4/3): Made eight total tackles, including four solo stops and four assisted tackles, in his first game action of the year and was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week; Delaware (4/17): Notched his eighth career double-digit tackle game with 14 total stops … Registered eight solo tackles and six assisted tackles … Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a sack for a loss of nine yards.
 
2019: First team All-CAA performer … One of the team’s breakout performers on the year … Started all 13 games at linebacker and led the team with 116 total tackles … Since tackle stats have been kept in the Villanova record book (beginning with the 1976 season) his 116 tackles are tied for the 25^th most in a single season by a Villanova player … He made 57 solo tackles and 59 assisted stops on the year … His 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 quarterback sacks each ranked second on the team … Registered seven games with double-digit tackles … Had one forced fumble on the year; at Colgate (8/24): Made eight total tackles (five solo, three assisted), including two tackles for loss and a sack for a loss of eight yards in the season opener; Lehigh (9/7): Registered his first career game with 10+ tackles, making a then-career high 10 stops with five solo tackles and five assisted tackles; at Bucknell (9/14): Tallied six tackles, three solo and three assisted, with one tackle for loss; at Towson (9/21): Registered six solo tackles and had one assisted stop in an overtime road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers; Maine (9/28): Recorded three total tackles (one solo, two assisted) with half a tackle for loss; at William & Mary (10/5): Registered a career-high 15 tackles … Had seven solo tackles and eight assisted stops … His efforts for the night included 3.5 tackles for loss which added up to 25 lost yards … Credited with 2.5 sacks for a loss of 18 yards and tallied his first career forced fumble … Earned CAA Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors after this performance; at James Madison (10/12): Tallied 13 tackles (five solo, eight assisted) with three tackles for loss and two sacks for a loss of 14 yards; Stony Brook (10/26): Notched his third straight game with double-digit tackles, making one solo stop and nine assisted tackles; at New Hampshire (11/2): Registered three solo tackles and four assisted stops, including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack for a loss of eight yards; Richmond (11/9): Made four solo tackles and six assisted stops to register his fifth game of the year with double-digit tackles; LIU (11/15): Registered 10 tackles (seven solo, three assisted), with a tackle for loss among them; Delaware (11/23): Recorded three solo tackles and three assisted stops as Villanova downed the Blue Hens in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ rivalry game; at Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Tallied his seventh double-digit tackle game of the year in the first round of the FCS playoffs … Had 11 total stops (seven solo, four assisted) while making one tackle for a loss of a yard.
 
2018: Played in each of the first eight games of the season … Recorded 16 tackles on the year, including eight solo stops and eight assisted tackles; Towson (9/15): Made his first four tackles of the season in the Wildcats home opener, including two assisted stops and two solo tackles; Bucknell (9/22): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop in a 49-7 home win over the Bison; at Stony Brook (9/29): Credited with two stops, including a solo tackle and an assisted tackle; at Maine (10/6): Registered two assisted tackles; James Madison (10/13): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop; New Hampshire (10/27): Matched his season high with four total tackles … Had a season-best three solo tackles and was credited with one assisted stop.
 
2017: Earned playing time in nine games as a true freshman … Played mostly on special teams and was credited with three solo tackles, including one sack, on the year … Made his collegiate debut in the home opener against Lafayette on September 16 and went on to play in each of the final nine games of the season; Lafayette (9/16): Recorded two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of nine yards in a 59-0 win for the Wildcats in their home opener; Maine (10/7): Made one solo stop in the team’s second shutout win of the season.
 
Waynesboro Area High School: Two-time all-state and three-time all-conference performer as a scholastic player … Was the league MVP and was selected All-State Super 25 Class 5A … As a senior in 2016 his stats included 112 total tackles, including 74 solo stops and 21 tackles for loss … Was a four-year Honor Roll student academically.
 
Personal: Born 5/29/99 … One of four children of Matt Rhyne and Laura Richardson … Mother ran track and played basketball at Millersville … Brother, Dakota, played football at Bloomsburg … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.