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Name: Daniel Smith (Transfer from Campbell)
College: Villanova
Number: 12
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Height: 5-11 Weight: 199
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Class/Draft Year: rSr/2022
40 Low: 4.90 40 Time: 4.97 40 High: 5.05
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Data Scout Notes: X-FA/-15 LBs/56%-22TD-9INT in 2021/Down to 60-90 Tier 2021: 3rdC...2020: POPOY-PSDS/P3rdNationalFCS-PSDS/P1stPSDS...2019: 3rdC...WalterPaytonAwardWatchlistAdd...Announced transfer to Villanova from Campbell on July 6 '19. 126-214-1582-13-3-58.9 pass, 101-668-6.6-13 rush in 10 gms in '18. Pioneer League OFF F
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Dates: 03/16/22
Hand: 09 3/8 Arm: 29 1/2
Wingspan: 72 1/2
Height: 5112
Weight: 199
40 Yrd Dash: 4.97
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2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Daniel Smith, Villanova, QB, Gr.,...Smith is a third team All-CAA selection for the second time in his career after earning the same honor in 2019. He has directed a high-powered Villanova offense which has top ped 20 points eight times this season and is averaging 31.7 points per contest. Smith is 159-of-284 through the air for 2,163 yards and has thrown 22 touchdown passes compared to nine interceptions. He has also rushed for 203 yards and a team-high seven rushing touchdowns on the year. Smith has two games with at least two passing touchdowns and at least two rushing touchdowns.He ranks second in the CAA in passing efficiency (139.2), passing touchdowns and points responsible for (176). Smith is th ird in the league in yards per pass attempt (7.62), fourth in rushing touchdowns and fifth in total offense (215.1 yards per game). During the season he has risen to seventh place in school history in both career passing yards (6,125) and career total of fense (6,956 yards). - Villanova Football
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Daniel Smith and Jaaron Hayek teamed up for two big plays in the fourth quarter and Villanova rallied for a 21-13 victory over Delaware on Saturday. Two Ryan Coe field goals sandwiched around a 16-yard TD run by Dejoun Lee had Delaware leading 13-7 with 12:19 left in the game. But the Wildcats (9-2, 7-1 Colonial Athletic Association), who are ranked ninth in the latest FCS coaches poll, took the lead two plays later — Smith's 64-yard completion to Hayek and a 1-yard TD run by Jalen Jackson. Smith conn ected with Hayek for a 24-yard TD with 8:57 left to play to cap the scoring. Smith finished with 208 yards passing and he was the Wildcats' top rusher with 47 yards on seven carries. Hayek caught five passes for 117 yards. Zach Gwynn completed 14 of 27 p asses for 143 yards with one interception for the Blue Hens (5-6, 3-5). - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith threw three scores and eighth-ranked FCS Villanova beat Stony Brook 33-14 on Saturday to stay atop the Colonial Athletic Association standings. Villanova (8-2, 6-1) handed No. 2 James Madison (6-1) its lone loss of the season with a 28-27 wi n against the host Dukes earlier this year. James Madison kept pace with Villanova beating No. 25 William & Mary 32-22 on Saturday. Smith threw for a scant 71 yards and his scoring passes accounted for 32 yards. His 12-yard pass to Jaaron Hayek completed a five-play, 99-yard scoring drive that made it 20-7 with 8:32 left in the third quarter. He followed that up with an 18-yard scoring pass - also to Hayek - to complete a 10-play, 72-yard drive for a 26-7 lead with 14:51 to go. His 2-yard toss to Tyler Will made it 33-7 with 7:46 left. Justin Covington ran 13 times for 142 yards and Jalen Jackson had 11 carries for 103 yards and two scores. Ty Son Lawton ran for 71 yards on 19 carries for the Seawolves (4-6, 3-4). - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith accounted for five touchdowns as Villanova routed Elon 35-0 on Saturday. Smith was 16-of-23 passing for 238 yards with a touchdown pass to three separate receivers. He added 45 yards on the ground that included two scores from short yardage. The FCS's 13th-ranked Wildcats (7-2, 5-1 Colonial Athletic Association) entered a half-game back of James Madison atop the CAA standings, and rebounded from a 31-18 home loss to William & Mary that ended a three-game win streak. Smith threw a 10-yard to uchdown pass to Jalen Jackson and a 48-yarder to Jaaron Hayek, and closed the first half with a 2-yard TD run as the Wildcats built a 21-0 halftime lead. Smith ran into the end zone from the 1 late in the third quarter, and then capped the scoring with 1 :55 remaining with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Todd Summers. Davis Cheek was 13-of-28 passing for 146 yards for Elon (4-5, 3-3). - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith threw for two touchdowns and Jalen Jackson ran for two scores and FCS fifth-ranked Villanova beat Rhode Island 44-0 on Saturday. It was Villanova's (6-1, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) first shutout since a 31-0 win over Maine on Oct. 7, 2017. Jackson ran for 104 yards on 12 carries and DeeWil Barlee, a junior, ran 19 times for 99 yards to surpass 1,000-career rushing yards. Justice Antrum ran for 60 yards on nine carries for No. 18 Rhode Island (5-2, 3-2), which now has dropped back-to -back contests following a five-game win streak to start the season. Antrum ran for more yards than quarterbacks Brandon Robinson and Kasim Hill combined to throw for (58). Prior to Saturday, the Rams were last shutout on Oct. 8, 2016, also at Villanova, 35-0. - AP College Football
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OCT 11 STATS FCS NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK: Villanova (28-27 win at James Madison),...The Wildcats ended then-No. 3 JMU's 15-game winning streak against CAA opponents, in addition to a five-game slide against the Dukes. Quarterback Daniel Smith and wide receiver Rayjoun Pringle connected for a go-ahead, 57-yard touchdown pass with 2:54 left in the third quarter, then the defense held on to the 28-27 lead. Linebacker Forrest Rhyne posted a career-high 20 tackles. Honorable Mention: Dartmouth (24-17 win o ver Yale); Texas Southern (35-31 win over Southern); UT Martin (48-24 win over Murray State); Youngstown State (41-33 win over Missouri State). - STATS FCS Football
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Daniel Smith and Rayjoun Pringle combined on a 57-yard touchdown for the winning points late in the third quarter, and the Villanova defense shut out James Madison in the second half for a 28-27 upset in a Top 25 FCS showdown on Saturday. James Madison, ranked second in the FCS coaches poll, put together two long drives in the fourth quarter but Ethan Ratke missed 27- and 36-yard field goals. In the first half he hit from 41 and 21 yards, giving him 81 made field goals in his career. Justin Covington sc ored an a 56-yard burst up the middle for ninth-ranked Villanova (3-1, 2-0 Colonial Athletic Association) and Smith had a 15-yard TD on a keeper.Percy Agyei-Obese ran for two touchdowns for the second-ranked Dukes (4-1, 2-1) to help build a 27-16 lead at the half. James Madison had the ball for nine more minutes, but after picking up 223 yards in the first half had only 116 in the second. The Dukes had 99 yards on the two 14-play drives that ended in missed field goals. Forrest Rhyne had a career -high 20 tackles with Qwahsin Townsel and Mike Ruane adding 11 each for the Wildcats. Cole Bunce kicked 43-and 42-yard field goals for Villanova in the third quarter. Villanova had 194 yards in both halves. Smith threw for 258 yards, with Pringle making eight catches for 132 yards. - AP College Football
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SEPT 20 CAA CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Smith, Gr., QB, Villanova (Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora),...Smith compiled 369 yards of total offense and four touchdowns as Villanova rallied for a 34-27 CAA victory over Richmond. The grad student led the Wil dcats to 21 points over the final 5:01, scoring on a 2-yard run before firing a game-tying 44-yard TD pass with 2:02 remaining and a game-winning 47-yard TD strike with 38 seconds left. He finished 26-of-40 through the air for 350 yards as VU moved to 3- 0. - Colonial Athletic Association Football
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Daniel Smith led a three-touchdown blitz in the final five minutes and Villanova stunned Richmond 34-27 on Saturday in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both of the FCS-ranked teams. The Wildcats had a 13-0 first-half lead obliterated by a 24- point deluge by the Spiders in the third quarter. Jake Larson added a fourth-quarter field goal with nine minutes left in the game. Then Smith and the Wildcats went to work with the quarterback finishing a 10-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, then throwing a 44-yard TD pass to Jaaron Hayek followed by a 47-yard score to Rayjoun Pringle to take the lead with 38 seconds left.Richmond drove into Villanova territory, but Joe Mancuso was intercepted by Darius Pickett to save the Wildcats' victor y. Aaron Dykes returned the second-half kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to begin Richmond's big third quarter. Following Dykes' return, Xavier Marshall recovered a fumble by Villanova (3-0, 1-0). That led to Mancuso's 28-yard TD toss to Isaac Brown. On Richmond's next possession, Mancuso threw 33 yards to Connor Deveney for a touchdown. Aamir Hall's interception in the end zone led to Larson's 43-yard field goal and it was 24-13 after three quarters. In the first half, it was the Wildcats who used two Richmond (2-1, 0-1) turnovers to score 10 points, including Smith's 6-yard run right after a Spiders fumble. Cole Bunce kicked two field goals for Villanova. - Villanova/AP College Football
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Daniel Smith passed for three touchdowns, ran for another and Villanova defeated Bucknell 55-3 on Saturday night, holding the Bison to less than 100 yards of offense. Villanova out-gained the Bison 378-89. Smith opened the scoring with a 1-yard keeper, t hen fired a 21-yard touchdown pass to Jaaron Hayek, a 10-yarder to Jaquan Allen and a 9-yarder to Rayjoun Pringle as the Wildcats (2-0) built a 28-0 lead just five seconds into the second quarter.Villanova, ranked No. 11 in the FCS coaches poll, h ad six receivers combine for 145 yards and four touchdowns. The Wildcats gained 233 yards on the ground led by Jalen Jackson's 70 on 11 carries, including a 5-yard touchdown late in the third quarter. Nick Semptimphelter threw for 32 yards for the Bison (0-2), was intercepted twice and sacked twice for a loss of 18 yards. Bucknell's ground game gained 21 yards on 25 carries. Villanova out gained Bucknell 129 to minus-3 in the opening quarter. Darius Pickett, Ethan Potter and Jake Green each had four of Villanova's 51 tackles. The Wildcats made 12 tackles for loss. Bucknell, shut out in its season opener, got on the board with Ryan Schatzel's 35-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. - AP College Football
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2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA FIRST TEAM: Dan Smith, Villanova, Sr.,...Pre-Playoffs: The transfer from Campbell has thrown for 2,991 yards and 31 touchdowns while also running for 367 yards and a team-high 11 rushing touchdowns. - Villanova Footbal l
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2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT CAA PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Dan Smith, Villanova, Sr.,...2019 Pre-Playoffs...The transfer from Campbell has thrown for 2,991 yards and 31 touchdowns while also running for 367 yards and a team-high 11 rushin g touchdowns. Smith also has been credited with a 68-yard touchdown reception. Smith ranks second in the nation with the 258 points he is responsible for. He is also sixth in passing touchdowns (31), 14th in passing efficiency (150.4), 17th in passing ya rds and 19th in both total offense per game (279.8) and yards per completion (13.8). - Villanova Football
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2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS THIRD TEAM: QB Dan Smith, Villanova, Sr.,...Transfer from Campbell University...Set school career records for total offense, rushing touchdowns, passing yards and passing touchdowns at Campbell University...T allied 5,411 yards of total offense, 25 rushing touchdowns, 3,471 passing yards and 31 passing touchdowns...Completed 262 passes on 469 attempts (55.9%)...Ranks second on Campbell's all-time career rushing list with 1,940 yards...Recorded the 1,940 yards on 241 attempts (8.0 yards per carry). - Villanova Football
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2019 ALL-COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Daniel Smith, Villanova, QB, Jr., Leesburg, Va.,...Smith is having a sensational 2019 campaign in his first year at Villanova. The transfer from Campbell has thrown for 2,991 yards and 31 touch downs while also running for 367 yards and a team-high 11 rushing touchdowns. Smith also has been credited with a 68-yard touchdown reception. He needs just nine more passing yards to record the seventh 3,000-yard passing season in school history, while his 3,358 yards of total offense are the fifth-most in a single season in school history. Smith ranks second in the nation with the 258 points he is responsible for. He is also sixth in passing touchdowns (31), 14th in passing efficiency (150.4), 17th in passing yards and 19th in both total offense per game (279.8) and yards per completion (13.8). - Villanova Football
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One day after closing out the regular season with a sensational "Battle of the Blue" victory, the celebration continued for Villanova (9-3) on Sunday afternoon when the selections for the Division I Football Championship were announced live on ESPNU. For the 13th time since becoming an FCS member in 1985, the Wildcats are headed to the playoffs and will travel for a first round game at Southeastern Louisiana (7-4) this coming Saturday, November 30 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. This is the first playoff berth since 2016 for Villanova, which was picked to finish ninth in CAA Football in the league's preseason poll but instead surged to a top-five national ranking while sprinting out of the gates with six straight wins.The final regular season national r ankings which were released on Sunday morning ahead of the playoff selection show has the Wildcats at No. 8. Villanova tied for third in the regular season CAA standings and was one of three teams from the league to make the 24-team playoff field. Wildc ats head coach Mark Ferrante, who was part of all 12 of the team's previous playoff appearances during his years as an assistant coach, is now taking Villanova back to the postseason for the first time in his three years as head coach. He leads a team wh ich earned a top-10 national ranking this year for the seventh straight season and features dynamic playmakers on both sides of the ball. - Villanova Football
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Daniel Smith threw four of his five touchdown passes to Changa Hodge and ran for a sixth score as Villanova crushed Delaware 55-33 in the annual rivalry game Saturday afternoon. Smith completed 17 of 24 passes for 378 yards. Hodge had eight catches for 2 36 yards to become the first Villanova player with more than 200 receiving yards since Brian Finneran in 1996 against Rhode Island.Smith guided a seven-play, 67-yard opening drive that he capped with a 3-yard run and followed it up by hitting Zac Kerxton from 33-yards out. Will Knight ran 68 yards for a touchdown to get the Blue Hens on the board, but Smith came right back, hitting Hodge from 16-yards out to make it 20-7 after one. Smith found Hodge with an 82-yard touchdown in the second quarter and added touchdowns of 43 and 37 yards in the third. Pat Kehoe was 29 of 49 for 336 yards and two touchdowns for Delaware. Delaware coach Danny Rocco now is 0-3 against Villanova. - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith passed for 201 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another TD to help Villanova beat Long Island University 35-7 on Friday night. Changa Hodge had seven catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (8-3). Simon Bingelis and Ja aron Hayek also had TD receptions for Villanova. Bingelis opened the scoring with a 17-yard TD catch with 5:48 left in the first quarter. Hayek had a 7-yard TD catch on Villanova's next possession for a 14-point lead before the end of the quarter. Hodge caught both of his touchdowns in the second quarter and Smith ran in a 5-yard keeper in the middle of the third quarter. Malcolm Denbow scored on a 6-yard TD run between Hodge's TDs for Long Island's only points of the game. Jonathan DeBique ran for 91 y ards on 24 carries for the Sharks (0-9), accounting for nearly half of the team's 183 yards of offense. - AP College Football
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2019 WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCHLIST ADDITION: QB Daniel Smith, Villanova,...After nine games, Smith has completed 165-of-292 for 2,177 yards and 22 touchdowns. He has also rushed 55 times for 219 yards (4.0 avg.) and seven scores. In the latest NCAA stati stics, Smith is tied for third in points responsible for with 180. Villanova has had three players win the Walter Payton Award throughout its program history, including wide receiver Brian Finneran (1997), running back Brian Westbrook (2001) and quarterb ack John Robertson (2014). - Villanova/STATS FCS Football
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Daniel Smith threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Dee Wil Barlee on fourth-and-goal with 1:59 left in the game and Villanova held off William & Mary 35-28 on Saturday. Villanova (6-0, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association), ranked No. 8 in the FCS Coaches Poll a nd one of six remaining undefeated teams, had its hands full with the upset-minded Tribe (2-4, 0-2). Kilton Anderson staked William & Mary to a 7-0 lead with a 12-yard TD pass to Kane Everson, capping a 12-play, 77-yard game-opening drive. After forcing a Villanova punt, the Tribe turned the ball over on their first play from scrimmage when Drew Wiley forced an Everson fumble after a catch and Nowooola Awopetu returned it eight yards to the William & Mary 17-yard line. Two plays later Justin Covington s cored on a 3-yard run to knot the score at 7.The Wildcats took advantage of a 22-yard punt by Will Michael to grab a 14-7 lead, scoring on Smith's 16-yard toss to Jaaron Hayek. Villanova stretched its lead to 21-7 on Barlee's 15-yard TD run, but A nderson connected with Zach Burdick for a 16-yard score sandwiched around a pair of missed field goals by Villanova's Drew Kresge and the Tribe trailed 21-14 at halftime. William & Mary knotted the score at 21, using a marathon 17-play drive that covered 76 yards and took 7:36 off the clock with Bronson Yoder scoring on a 2-yard run. Villanova recaptured the lead at 28-21 when Smith hooked up with Hayek for a 37-yard score, but Anderson again pulled the Tribe even when he hit Everson for a 20-yard TD on fourth-and-1 with 9:56 remaining in the game. - AP College Football
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SEPT 23/WEEK 4 CAA FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Daniel Smith, Jr., QB, Villanova (Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora),...Smith accounted for 349 yards of total offense and six touchdowns to lead No. 18 Villanova to a 52-45 overtime win at No. 5 Towson. Th e junior quarterback completed 25-of-42 passes for 279 yards and four TD's and ran for 70 yards and 2 TD's on seven carries. Smith engineered a 65-yard drive in the final 1:38 to set up a game-tying field goal and then scored the game-winning TD on a 2-y ard run in overtime. - Colonial Athletic Association Football
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Daniel Smith raced into the end zone on a bootleg from the 2 and Villanova edged Towson 52-45 in overtime in a game where two teams, unbeaten and ranked in the FCS top 20, traded score for score Saturday night. Towson, ranked No. 5 in the FCS coach's pol l, rallied for a 45-42 lead after Aiden O'Neill's 34-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining. But 18th-ranked Villanova (4-0, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association), starting at its own 7, forced overtime when Drew Kresge kicked a 45-yard answer ing field goal with 10 seconds left. Towson won the coin toss and elected to play defense in OT.Justin Covington tore 23 yards to the 2 to begin overtime and Smith scored on the next play. Covington gained 194 yards and has rushed for more than 10 0 yards in every game this season. Towson (3-1, 1-1) was unable to answer as Tom Flacco threw incomplete on fourth-and-1 from the 7. Smith passed for 279 yards and four touchdowns. He was picked off twice, including when Towson's Robert Heyward caught a deflected short pass and returned it 49 yards for a score that lifted Towson into a 42-42 tie. Flacco threw for 304 yards and a TD, ran 110 yards and another score. Yeedee Thaenrat picked up 32 yards on 10 carries, three of them for touchdowns. The teams combined for 1,044 yards of offense and 10 touchdowns. - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Villanova took an early lead and held it to beat Bucknell 45-10 on Saturday. Smith had 109 yards passing for the Wildcats (3-0). Justin Covington ran for 119 yards on seven carries. The Wildc ats scored 35 unanswered points, starting with Jaquan Amos' 34-yard interception return of a John Chiarolanzio pass on the third play of the game. Smith fired a 23-yard score to Todd Summers for a 14-0 lead and followed up on the team's next drive with a 3-yard keeper for another touchdown with 13:19 left in the second quarter.A second Chiarolanzio interception, this time by Drew Wiley, led to another Villanova scoring drive as Smith found Changa Hodge on a 6-yard touchdown throw and the Wildcats led 28-0 at halftime. Smith opened the second half with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Dez Boykin for a 35-0 advantage and Villanova cruised to the win. The Wildcats held Bucknell to just 46 rushing yards. Chiarolanzio finished with 134 yards passing for t he Bison (0-3). - AP College Football
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Daniel Smith threw touchdowns to three different receivers and Villanova overwhelmed Lehigh 38-10 on Saturday. After a scoreless first quarter and a Lehigh field goal, Smith threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Jaaron Hayek to end a six-play, 72-yard drive in 2½ minutes. Villanova (2-0) forced the Mountain Hawks to turn it over on downs and added a field goal. After the kickoff, Elijah Trent picked off Tyler Monaco and it returned for a 37-yard score and the route was on. Monaco completed a 42-yard touchd own pass to Jorge Portorreal for Lehigh's lone touchdown of the game. Monaco threw for 253 yards, but the Mountain Hawks (0-2) were held to 89 yards rushing on 33 carries (2.7-yard average). For Villanova, Justin Covington ran for 109 yards on eight carr ies and a score and the Wildcats tallied 227 yards on the ground. Smith threw his other TD passes to Dez Boykin and Todd Summers. - AP College Football
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Junior quarterback Daniel Smith (Leesburg, Va.) threw for 205 yards and three touchdowns in his Wildcats debut, junior cornerback Jaquan Amos (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored his third career touchdown on a pick-six and Villanova (1-0) opened the 150th season of college football in America with a 34-14 win over No. 13 Colgate (0-1) at Andy Kerr Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The game was the first of four Week Zero games to kick off on Saturday's national schedule and the Wildcats scored 27 unanswered points in the second quarter en route to the victory.Villanova began its 122nd season of varsity football in strong fashion on both sides of the ball. The offense put up 444 total yards and the defense gained a pair of turnovers which turned into 14 poin ts. Jackson caught an 18-yard touchdown pass less than a minute into the second quarter and Amos returned an interception 27 yards just over a minute later to put the Wildcats in front 14-0 with 13:16 left before halftime. Later in the period, Smith foun d Hodge for a 45-yard touchdown reception in the right corner of the end zone with 2:07 on the clock and Perez scored on his first career reception with 12 seconds left before the intermission. - Villanova Football
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