#17

Cam Vaughn

Junior wide receiver for Miami. 2025: 35 catches, 540 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Miami · Jr. · #17

6′2″ · 185 lb · Villa Rica, GA

CFB Index 51 · #216 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceTransferred West Virginia → Miami for 2026

Next upFri Sep 18 · 7:30 pm ETat Wake ForestAllegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumMiami by 21

The numbers

540

receiving yards · 2025

35 catches · 4 TD · 15.4 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 126 yds, 1 TD, vs Robert Morris

Statement game10 rec · 184 yds · 1 TDvs Ohio (FBS) · L 27-30

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Miami. 2025: 35 catches, 540 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed with Jacksonville State in 2023.
Transferred from West Virginia to Miami in 2026.
Vaughn ends lawsuit vs Miami (Aug 29) Reported

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

Cam Vaughn

WR · Miami · Jr · #17

Beats you over the top. He got to Miami by way of West Virginia. 2024 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 126 rec yds, 7 receptions against Robert Morris, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #216 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Strength: td rate (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#112 / 798 · 86th pct

15.1

TD rate#142 / 798 · 81st pct

5.0%

Explosive rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

13.3%

EPA / target#554 / 798 · 31st pct

0.29

Catch rate#704 / 798 · 12th pct

55.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#117 / 558 · 79th pct

15.4

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Rec yards#185 / 558 · 67th pct

540

Receptions#230 / 558 · 58th pct

Long catch#285 / 558 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Rush yards#212 / 287 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 31st percentile

Explosive rate

78th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

28th → 12th percentile

TD rate

49th → 81st percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 86th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%14 of his 60 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	54.2	12.2	0.3
Road6g	2.0	35.8	17.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	53.2	16.4	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	36.8	13.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #216 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #216 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	35	540	15.4	4	--
2024	Jacksonville State	49	804	16.4	5	--
Career		84	1,344	16.0	9	--

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	1	3	15	--	--
2024	Jacksonville State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	3	15	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Utah · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Khalil Wilkins pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 39 yds for a TD (Kade Hensley KICK)
Week 12 · Arizona State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.75(13:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 S.Fox Jr. pass complete deep right to #4 C.Vaughn caught at ASU45, for 42 yards to the ASU26 (#1 K.Abney II), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY ASU Holding declined
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Nicco Marchiol pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 46 yds for a TD (Kade Hensley KICK)
Week 5 · Utah · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 18 yds to the UTAH 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Houston · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.89(13:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 S.Fox Jr. pass complete deep right to #4 C.Vaughn caught at HOU00, for 24 yards to the HOU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:54, 1ST DOWN #25 K.Hensley kick attempt good (H: #41 O.Straw, LS: #38 M.Moss)
Week 6 · BYU · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Scotty Fox Jr. pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 29 yds for a TD (Kade Hensley KICK)
Week 12 · Arizona State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.77(06:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 S.Fox Jr. pass complete short right to #4 C.Vaughn caught at WVU48, for 11 yards to the WVU48 (#1 K.Abney II), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Nicco Marchiol pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 31 yds to the OHIO 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Nicco Marchiol pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 20 yds to the RMU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ohio · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.95Nicco Marchiol pass complete to Cam Vaughn for 12 yds to the WVU 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	7	126	18.0	1	46	Season-high 126 yds
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	2	43	21.5	0	31
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	3	34	11.3	0	18
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	2	11	5.5	0	8
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	3	62	20.7	1	39
Wk 6	L 24-38@ BYU	2	43	21.5	1	29
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	2	15	7.5	0	12
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	6	85	14.2	0	29
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	1	24	24.0	1	24
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	2	18	9.0	0	15
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	3	79	26.3	0	42
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	2	0	0.0	0	3
Total		35	540	15.0	4	46

The receiver room · Miami

#1Malachi ToneyWR · So.1,211 receiving yards · 2025
#18Cooper BarkateWR · Sr.1,106 receiving yards · 2025
#8Vandrevious JacobsWR · Jr.548 receiving yards · 2025
#17Cam VaughnWR · Jr.540 receiving yards · 2025
#3Joshua MooreWR · So.210 receiving yards · 2025

10 more on the roster · Miami team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cam Vaughn

Fans warmer than rivals

2023

202413 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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