Player Dossier

2013-2019

Vanderbilt

Ke'Shawn Vaughn

RB • 5'10" • 218 lbs • Antioch, TN, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Ke'Shawn Vaughn leans workhorse runner traits and 54.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

87%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

94

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

75

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Illinois • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Ke'Shawn Vaughn built his college career from 2013 through 2019 as a running back from Antioch, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Illinois and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Ke'Shawn Vaughn's career was his...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 76
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ke'Shawn Vaughn, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Ke'Shawn Vaughn leans workhorse runner traits and 54.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,944
Rushing yards
3,296
Receiving yards
648
Touchdowns
33
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2019 · Vanderbilt · Player Highlight

Ke'Shawn Vaughn college highlights at Vanderbilt.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Ke'Shawn Vaughn quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,944
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
UNLV
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 3 · Pick 12 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
1,298 scrimmage yards · RB 32nd (top 5%) · SEC 8th (top 3%) · National 43rd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois00000-
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00000-
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois11842723119663
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois1139030189339.3
2018 PostseasonVanderbilt122432430278.6
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt121,1711,0011701278.6
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt121,2981,0282701078.3

Related Context

Ke'Shawn Vaughn played RB for Illinois and Vanderbilt. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ke'Shawn Vaughn recorded 3,296 rushing yards, 648 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 1,414 primary output with 72.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 54.6 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Loss with 193 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

108.2

Efficiency

54.6

Usage

40.1

Consistency

66.9

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 98. Purdue: 78. LSU: 151. Northern Illinois: 146. Ole Miss: 84. UNLV: 193. Missouri: 176. South Carolina: 98. Florida: 42. Kentucky: 67. East Tennessee State: 147. Tennessee: 18

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 18 by 53.5. Purdue: 21 by 36.1. LSU: 22 by 69.2. Northern Illinois: 20 by 80.4. Ole Miss: 22 by 39.9. UNLV: 16 by 100. Missouri: 33 by 42.9. South Carolina: 22 by 45.7. Florida: 16 by 22.6. Kentucky: 14 by 50.1. East Tennessee State: 15 by 90.8. Tennessee: 7 by 24.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins156.3 · Games = 3 · +64.2 vs Losses
Losses92.1 · Games = 9 · -64.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

100 vs UNLV

Result
Sat 11/30@ TennesseeL 10-286132.200152.6
Sat 11/23vs East Tennessee State100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 38-0141399.902189.8
Sat 11/16vs KentuckyL 14-3812584.801294.8
Sat 11/9@ FloridaL 0-5615281.9001142.6
Sat 11/2@ South CarolinaL 7-2420874.4002114.5
Sat 10/19vs Missouri150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TDW 21-1429963.3014805.3
Sat 10/12vs UNLV100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 10-34151409.30115312.1
Sat 10/5@ Ole MissL 6-3118693.8004153.8
Sat 9/28vs Northern Illinois100 rush yardsW 24-18171388.101387.3
Sat 9/21vs LSU100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 38-66201306.5022216.9
Sat 9/7@ PurdueL 24-4217563.3014223.7
Sat 8/31vs GeorgiaL 6-3015744.9003245.4

Player Story

Ke'Shawn Vaughn story

Ke'Shawn Vaughn built his college career from 2013 through 2019 as a running back from Antioch, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Illinois and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Ke'Shawn Vaughn's career was his backfield work: 3,296 rushing yards, 572 carries, 30 rushing touchdowns, and 648 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 648 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 13 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Vanderbilt.

The arc is straightforward: Ke'Shawn Vaughn moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2018-2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois84244.930.3842
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois39043.513.6-452
2018 PostseasonVanderbilt1,41472.926.21,024
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1,41472.926.20
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1,29854.640.1-116

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UNLV

Week 7 · L 10-34

Loss with 193 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

100 takeover

193 scrimmage yards and 42.1 usage.

#2

vs Baylor

Week 1 · L 38-45 · Postseason

243

Scrimmage Yards

96.2 takeover

Loss with 243 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

243 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

#3

@ Purdue

Week 10 · W 48-14 · Conference game

203

Scrimmage Yards

93.2 takeover

Win with 203 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

203 scrimmage yards and 27.9 usage.

#4

vs North Carolina

Week 2 · L 23-48

130

Scrimmage Yards

92.3 takeover

Loss with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

130 scrimmage yards and 35.8 usage.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 11 · L 28-33 · Conference game

196

Scrimmage Yards

89.6 takeover

Loss with 196 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

196 scrimmage yards and 31.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Vanderbilt

1,414 primary output · 72.9 efficiency · 26.2 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

78.6

1,414 primary · 72.9 efficiency · 26.2 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

78.3

1,298 primary · 54.6 efficiency · 40.1 usage

Milestones

11

100+ rush yards

7

150+ scrimmage yards

8

2+ TD games