Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 7-20vs Montana State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#96
Tanner Vaughan
Senior defensive lineman on Nevada's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 270 lb · Las Vegas, NV
Returning to Nevada for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 TFL · 3 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Montana State
His career numbers, season by seasonTanner Vaughan
Wins his gap play after play. Four seasons at Nevada, two different head coaches: Ken Wilson and Jeff Choate. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Montana State — Week 2, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Nevada
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023
Ken Wilson
Nevada
Coaching transition mid-career: Ken Wilson → Jeff Choate. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning
2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
2025Nevada3-9HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2026Nevada1-1HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Nevada
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Nevada
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -7 net (14 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Nevada · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #118 · 2026 recruiting class #98
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Matthew Thomas’s 2023 season.
Matches Matthew on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sav'ell Smalls's junior season at Washington (2022).
Matches Sav'ell on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
The defensive line · Nevada
- #32Dylan Labarbera16.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #10Logologo Va'a2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #96Tanner Vaughan1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #92Myles Williams1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #56Bryce Echols0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Nevada team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology