Former linebacker at South Florida. 2024: 22 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Auburndale, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 5 nationally · Joined South Florida
Statement game4 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Tulane (FBS) · L 31-45
Top 1% sacks game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at South Florida. 2024: 22 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Jason Vaughn
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Jason Vaughn has played for three head coaches in six seasons at South Florida. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Alabama — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at South Florida, 111 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | 22 | 12 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | South Florida | 10 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 35 | 27 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 19 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 11 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 14 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 111 | 78 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 16-42@ Alabama | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 49-24@ Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-50vs Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-45@ Tulane | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-28vs Navy | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 63-30vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 41-39@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Fernando Sanchez III’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA