Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Former running back at Vanderbilt. 2019: 1,028 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 218 lb · Antioch, TN

Tampa Bay — drafted 2020, Rd 3, Pick 12, #76 overall

The story

Former running back at Vanderbilt. 2019: 1,028 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Drafted round 3 by the Tampa Bay in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 3,296 rushing yards — drafted at #76 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 3, pick 76

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #76

Tampa Bay · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

1 coach

2015–2016

Derek Mason

Vanderbilt

2018–2019

Derek Mason

Vanderbilt

Played his entire career under Derek Mason.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 7th NFL season

#76Rd 3 · Pick 12

Tampa BayEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Illinois5-7HC: Bill Cubit · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2018Vanderbilt6-7HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

2019Vanderbilt3-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (94th percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#19 / 314 · 94th pct

270

Receptions#26 / 314 · 92nd pct

Carries#37 / 326 · 89th pct

198

Long run#30 / 326 · 88th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 88th pct

Rush yards#45 / 326 · 86th pct

1028

Rush TDs#53 / 326 · 82nd pct

Yards / carry#131 / 326 · 58th pct

5.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	111	6.7	1.1
Road5g	50.6	3.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	101	6.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	70.2	4.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Vanderbilt	198	1,028	5.2	9	--
2018	Vanderbilt	157	1,244	7.9	12	--
2016	Illinois	60	301	5.0	3	--
2015	Illinois	157	723	4.6	6	--
Career		572	3,296	5.8	30	--

Season	Team
2019	Vanderbilt	28	270	9.6	1	--
2018	Vanderbilt	13	170	13.1	2	--
2016	Illinois	9	89	9.9	0	--
2015	Illinois	16	119	7.4	0	--
Career		66	648	9.8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2019

W 21–14

vs Missouri

96 rush yds (29 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With H. Smith — 43 AVG · 58 LONG · 8 NO · M. Hasan — 120 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.1 · 34 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 6-30vs Georgia	15	74	4.9	0	16
Wk 2	L 24-42@ Purdue	17	56	3.3	1	23
Wk 4	L 38-66vs LSU	20	130	6.5	2	52
Wk 5	W 24-18vs Northern Illinois	17	138	8.1	1	39
Wk 6	L 6-31@ Ole Miss	18	69	3.8	0	17
Wk 7	L 10-34vs UNLV	15	140	9.3	1	43	Season-high 140 yds
Wk 8	W 21-14vs Missouri	29	96	3.3	1	12
Wk 10	L 7-24@ South Carolina	20	87	4.4	0	12
Wk 11	L 0-56@ Florida	15	28	1.9	0	13
Wk 12	L 14-38vs Kentucky	12	58	4.8	1	12
Wk 13	W 38-0vs East Tennessee State	14	139	9.9	2	75
Wk 14	L 10-28@ Tennessee	6	13	2.2	0	13
Total		198	1028	5.2	9	75

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