Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Houston
Zach Vaughan
DE • 6'5" • 265 lbs • Round Rock, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zach Vaughan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Zach Vaughan, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Houston. Zach Vaughan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Zach Vaughan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DE
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McNeil · Houston
- High school pipeline
- McNeil · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · DE 185th (top 56%) · American Athletic 222nd (top 40%) · National 2,275th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 33.2 |
Related Context
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Zach Vaughan played DE for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zach Vaughan recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Houston paired 1.5 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Houston
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
9.2
Usage
1.9
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 0. Arizona: 0. Tulsa: 0. East Carolina: 1. South Florida: 0. SMU: 0. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 0 by 10. South Florida: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | @ Memphis | L 31-52 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/16 | vs Tulane | W 48-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Temple | L 49-59 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ SMU | L 31-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs South Florida | W 57-36 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ East Carolina | W 42-20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/5 | vs Tulsa | W 41-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Arizona | W 45-18 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Rice | W 45-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Houston
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 1.5 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 1 | 7.1 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Memphis
Week 13 · L 31-52 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Fresno State
Week 1 · L 27-33 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas State
Week 4 · W 64-3
1
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 6 · L 40-46 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
43.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#5
@ East Carolina
Week 7 · W 42-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
41.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Houston
1.5 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage
46.1
#2
2017 Postseason · Houston
33.4
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Houston
33.4
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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