Donte Vaughn: CB · Notre Dame · #8.
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Donte Vaughn
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Notre Dame. On tape: 6 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 22 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 66-14vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs USC | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-20vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-20vs No. 21 Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 33-9vs Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Week 10 · 2019
W 21-20
6 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 1 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
31%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this season16 tackles · 5 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
416 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 56 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
