2023 Athlon Preseason All-AAC (fourth team)
2nd All-time at USF with 57 Career Games Played
2024: Finished his career second all-time at USF with 57 career games played as a Bull...saw action in 10 of the 13 games on the year, making three starts…recorded 22 total tackles, 12 solo and ten assisted, four tackles for loss and a sack on the year…recorded five tackles and a sack at Alabama (9/7)...had four tackles and a tackle for loss at Tulane (9/28)...posted three tackles vs. Navy (11/9) and three vs. Tulsa (11/23).
2023: Suffered a knee injury and was limited to action in four games in the season...recorded 10 tackles, two sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss...posted sacks vs. Florida A&M (9//9) and Alabama (9/16) and had a season-best four tackles vs. Alabama.
2022: Started seven games and saw action in 12…led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss (-34 yards) and five sacks (-24 yards) while posting 35 tackles (second among defensive linemen), two pass break-ups and a quarterback hurry…had three tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack vs ECU (10/1) … had three tackles, one sack and one tackle for loss at Cincinnati (10/8)… posted four tackles and career-bests of three tackles for loss and three sacks vs Tulane (10/15)…had seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss vs SMU (11/12)…posted four stops at Tulsa (11/18) and five vs. UCF (11/260.
2021: Saw action in 11 of the Bulls' 12 games...totaled 19 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble on the year...amassed 4 tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss, and 0.5 sack vs. Florida A&M (9/18)...logged 4 tackles and a forced fumble vs. Tulsa (10/16)...had 3 tackles vs. ECU (10/28).
2020: Saw action in all nine of the Bulls' games and made on start...posted 11 tackles (9 solo) and 0.5 tackles for loss on the year...started at Houston (11/14)...posted a season-best six tackles and 0.5 TFL at Notre Dame (9/19)...had three tackles vs. Tulsa (10/23).
2019: Played in 11 games…finished the season with 14 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss…tallied a career-best five tackles and one tackle for a loss against Memphis (11/23).
ADVANCED PREP ACADEMY/MIAMI PALMETTO HS: Played one season at Ferguson High School before transferring to Miami Palmetto High School…spent 2018 at Advance Prep Academy…helped Miami Palmetto to an 8-2 record in 2017 with an appearance in the Class 8A state playoffs…named a 2017 All-Dade honorable mention after posting at least 40 tackles.
PERSONAL: Born Aug. 2, 2000 in Miami, Fla….son of Andre and Rainey Vaughn…has three brothers…enjoys fishing and playing video games in his spare time…majored in integrated public relations and advertising....2019, 2020 and 2021 AAC All-Academic Team...USF Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2021 and 2024...earned his master's degree in the Spring of 2024.
VAUGHN’s CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles 7, vs. SMU (11/12/22)
TFL 3.0, vs. Tulane (10/15/22)
Sacks 3.0, vs. Tulane (10/15/22)
FF 1, vs. Tulsa (10/16/21)
VAUGHN GAME-BY-GAME
2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
B-CU (0-0-0); Alabama (5-2-3); Southern Miss (2-2-0); Miami (FL) (2-0-2); Tulane (4-3-1); Memphis (0-0-0); UAB (0-0-0); Florida Atlantic (0-0-0); Navy (0-0-0); Charlotte (0-0-0); Tulsa (3-2-1); Rice (0-0-0)
2023Â Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
WKU (3-2-1); Florida A&M (1-1-0), Alabama (4-2-2); Rice (0-2-2).
2022Â Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
BYU (1-1-0); Howard (3-2-1); Florida (1-0-1); Louisville (2-2-0); ECU (3-3-0); Cincinnati (3-2-1); Tulane (4-4-0); Houston (1-1-0); Temple (1-1-0); SMU (7-3-4); Tulsa (4-3-1); UCF (5-5-0).
2021Â Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Florida A&M (4-3-1); BYU (2-2-0); SMU (2-2-0); Tulsa (4-3-1); ECU (3-3-0); Houston (2-0-2); Cincinatti (1-1-0); Tulane (1-1-0).
2020 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Notre Dame (6-5-1); Cincinnati (1-0-1); ECU (1-1-0); Tulsa (3-3-0).
2019 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Wisconsin (1-0-1); South Carolina State (1-1-0); SMU (1-1-0); Navy (3-1-2); East Carolina (2-2-0); Memphis (5-4-1); UCF (1-1-0).
