Linebacker, Villanova, 2021–25
Richie Kimmel
- Number
- No. 44
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Holmes, PA
Richie Kimmel played linebacker at Villanova (2021–25).
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. Illinois State, 2025Team titles: Colonial Athletic Association champions, 2021 and 2023
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Villanova | 44 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Villanova | 44 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Villanova | 44 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Villanova | 44 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Villanova | 44 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′1″ | 230 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Villanova 2 games, 14 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13 | at Tarleton State | W 26–21 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Illinois State | L 14–30 | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Villanova 2 games, 3 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Youngstown State | W 24–17 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 21 | at Maryland | L 20–38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Villanova 1 game, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | at UCF | L 14–48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Villanova 2 games, 1 tackle
2021 Villanova 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | at Penn State | L 17–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 11 vs. Bucknell, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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