Byron Vaughns: LB · Baylor · #45.
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Byron Vaughns
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Cincinnati — Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Baylor | 30 | 22 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 50 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Utah State | 44 | 20 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 2019 | Texas | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 138 | 72 | 25.5 | 9.5 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-42vs Texas State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-20vs No. 12 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs Long Island University | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 6-38vs No. 3 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 36-35@ UCF | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-39vs Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 32-29@ Cincinnati | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 18-30vs Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-25vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-42@ TCU | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34vs West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 30-7
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against Long Island University.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
27%8 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups30 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
52.1%
442 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
70.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
458 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-1% tackles behind the line, top-4% solo-tackle rate.2023 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #254 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Texas, Utah State and Baylor, 138 tackles — the college career is complete.
Played for three programs.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Tom Herman, Blake Anderson and Dave Aranda.
