Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Villanova Wildcats uniform

Don Ziesel

Villanova
RB
Position
1980
142
Att
677
Rush Yds
3
Rush TD
4.8
Yds/Rush
11
Games
744
Total Yds
3
Total TD
-
Fum (L)
Career
272
Att
1,325
Rush Yds
10
Rush TD
4.9
Yds/Rush
33
Games
1,489
Total Yds
11
Total TD
-
Fum (L)

Summary

Don Ziesel played 3 seasons for Villanova. He had 272 carries for 1,325 yards, 16 catches for 138 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.

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Last Game
VILL Villanova

0 - 1

13

Final

59

LOU Louisville

1 - 1

Fri 11 Sep 2026

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White

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1,189

Sheppard

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1,209

Legree

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1,200

Smith

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Mestemaker

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28

Stokes

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28

Mensah

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19

Hawkins

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18

Gutierrez

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18

Hellums

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Legree

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14

Smith

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13

Toney

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QB Rating Leaders

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Mensah

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Sayin

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180.8

Jennings

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
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45.0

North Texas

44.7

Oklahoma State

43.9

Wake Forest

43.3

Georgia

41.1

Louisville

40.8
Opp PPG Rankings
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10.9

North Dakota State

11.9

Iowa

12.2

Indiana

12.4

Duke

13.0

Liberty

13.6
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North Texas

535.4

Oklahoma State

533.6

Memphis

520.7

Texas State

517.0

Miami

516.6

LSU

504.1
Rush Yards Rankings
Air Force

332.0

Army

324.7

Navy

298.1

Rice

270.2

Texas State

265.8

West Virginia

263.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

370.4

North Texas

343.8

Oklahoma State

339.1

Miami

325.3

LSU

324.9

Arizona

322.9
Sack Leaders
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39.0

Baylor

37.0

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36.0

LSU

36.0

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32.0

Toledo

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
8
1
.889
2
Texas State Texas State
5
4
.556
3
Oregon State Oregon State
5
4
.556
4
San Diego State San Diego State
4
5
.444
5
Utah State Utah State
4
5
.444
6
Fresno State Fresno State
5
4
.556
7
Colorado State Colorado State
3
6
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
8
.111
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
10
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
1
.889
3
Oregon Oregon
6
3
.667
4
Ohio State Ohio State
6
3
.667
5
Iowa Iowa
7
2
.778
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
6
3
.667
7
USC USC
7
2
.778
8
Illinois Illinois
6
4
.600
9
Northwestern Northwestern
6
3
.667
10
Minnesota Minnesota
5
4
.556
11
Penn State Penn State
5
4
.556
12
Washington Washington
5
4
.556
13
Michigan Michigan
5
4
.556
14
Nebraska Nebraska
5
4
.556
15
Purdue Purdue
3
6
.333
16
Rutgers Rutgers
2
7
.222
17
Maryland Maryland
3
6
.333
18
Michigan State Michigan State
3
6
.333
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
8
1
.889
2
Alabama Alabama
7
2
.778
3
Kentucky Kentucky
7
2
.778
4
Texas Texas
7
2
.778
5
Tennessee Tennessee
7
2
.778
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
3
.667
7
South Carolina South Carolina
6
3
.667
8
LSU LSU
6
3
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
6
3
.667
10
Oklahoma Oklahoma
5
4
.556
11
Florida Florida
5
4
.556
12
Auburn Auburn
5
4
.556
13
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
5
.444
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
5
.444
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
6
.333
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
4
5
.444
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
8
1
.889
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
2
.778
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
5
4
.556
4
Delaware Delaware
4
5
.444
5
Florida International Florida International
4
5
.444
6
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
6
.333
7
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
6
.333
8
Missouri State Missouri State
3
6
.333
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
3
6
.333
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
8
.111
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
7
2
.778
2
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
5
4
.556
3
Louisiana Louisiana
7
3
.700
4
James Madison James Madison
8
2
.800
5
South Alabama South Alabama
4
5
.444
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
4
.556
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
5
.444
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
3
6
.333
9
Troy Troy
4
5
.444
10
Marshall Marshall
5
4
.556
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
6
.333
12
Georgia State Georgia State
5
4
.556
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
2
8
.200
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
3
7
.300
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
8
1
.889
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
8
1
.889
3
Louisville Louisville
6
3
.667
4
SMU SMU
7
2
.778
5
Duke Duke
7
2
.778
6
Clemson Clemson
6
3
.667
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
4
.600
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
3
.667
9
North Carolina North Carolina
5
4
.556
10
Florida State Florida State
5
5
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
4
5
.444
12
Virginia Virginia
4
5
.444
13
NC State NC State
4
5
.444
14
Boston College Boston College
4
5
.444
15
California California
3
6
.333
16
Syracuse Syracuse
4
5
.444
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
7
.222
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
8
1
.889
2
Wyoming Wyoming
6
3
.667
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
7
2
.778
4
Air Force Air Force
7
2
.778
5
UNLV UNLV
5
4
.556
6
San Jose State San Jose State
5
5
.500
7
Nevada Nevada
3
6
.333
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
3
6
.333
9
UTEP UTEP
1
8
.111
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
9
.000
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
7
2
.778
2
Memphis Memphis
8
2
.800
3
UTSA UTSA
7
2
.778
4
Army Army
5
4
.556
5
UAB UAB
5
4
.556
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
6
3
.667
7
East Carolina East Carolina
5
4
.556
8
Tulsa Tulsa
5
4
.556
9
Tulane Tulane
4
5
.444
10
South Florida South Florida
6
4
.600
11
Navy Navy
3
6
.333
12
Charlotte Charlotte
1
8
.111
13
Temple Temple
2
7
.222
14
Rice Rice
1
8
.111
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
8
1
.889
2
UConn UConn
4
5
.444
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Toledo Toledo
8
2
.800
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
7
3
.700
3
Buffalo Buffalo
7
3
.700
4
Ohio Ohio
7
3
.700
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
6
4
.600
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
5
.500
7
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
6
.400
8
Bowling Green Bowling Green
3
7
.300
9
UMass UMass
5
5
.500
10
Kent State Kent State
3
7
.300
11
Ball State Ball State
3
7
.300
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
9
.182
13
Akron Akron
1
9
.100
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
9
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
8
1
.889
3
BYU BYU
7
2
.778
4
Houston Houston
7
2
.778
5
Arizona Arizona
7
2
.778
6
Baylor Baylor
6
3
.667
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
6
3
.667
8
Arizona State Arizona State
5
4
.556
9
UCF UCF
5
4
.556
10
West Virginia West Virginia
5
4
.556
11
Iowa State Iowa State
4
5
.444
12
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
4
.556
13
TCU TCU
4
5
.444
14
Colorado Colorado
3
6
.333
15
Kansas State Kansas State
4
5
.444
16
Kansas Kansas
3
6
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/17
KU KU
@
KSU KSU
24-35
Sat
10/17
FLA FLA
@
TEX TEX
27-24
Sat
10/17
CHSO CHSO
@
CLEM CLEM
0-37
Sat
10/17
FAU FAU
@
ARMY ARMY
24-56
Sat
10/17
MSST MSST
@
LSU LSU
0-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/14
SYR SYR
@
NCST NCST
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
JMU JMU
@
CONN CONN
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
WIS WIS
@
MD MD
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
NW NW
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
CIN CIN
@
ISU ISU
12:00 PM