Player Dossier

2017-2020

USC

Tyler Vaughns

WR • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Tyler Vaughns reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

76

High-end production for a receiver

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Tyler Vaughns built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Tyler Vaughns' career was his receiving role: 223...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9816

Bishop Amat · La Puente, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Tyler Vaughns, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC. Tyler Vaughns reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,805
Receptions
223
Touchdowns
23

Quick Answers

Tyler Vaughns quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,805
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · USC
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Bishop Amat · USC
High school pipeline
Bishop Amat · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2020 Receiving yards rank
406 receiving yards · WR 150th (top 17%) · Pac-12 5th (top 4%) · National 171st (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUSC136119076.6
2017 Regular SeasonUSC1351690576.6
2018 Regular SeasonUSC1259678972.1
2019 PostseasonUSC12654080.2
2019 Regular SeasonUSC1268858680.2
2020 Regular SeasonUSC633406365

Related Context

Tyler Vaughns played WR for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Vaughns recorded 36 passing yards, 2,805 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

USC paired 912 primary output with 77.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 81.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · USC

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

67.7

Efficiency

81.5

Usage

18.4

Consistency

72.5

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 53. Arizona: 70. Utah: 62. Washington State: 69. UCLA: 128. Oregon: 24

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. Arizona State: 7 by 50.5. Arizona: 7 by 66.7. Utah: 4 by 100. Washington State: 5 by 92. UCLA: 8 by 100. Oregon: 2 by 80

Split Comparison

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

Wins76.4 · Games = 5 · +52.4 vs Losses
Losses24 · Games = 1 · -52.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

100 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 12/19vs OregonL 24-312241212012
Sun 12/13@ UCLA100 receiving yards · High volumeW 43-3881281616138
Mon 12/7vs Washington StateW 38-1356913.813.80135
Sun 11/22@ UtahW 33-1746215.515.50142
Sat 11/14@ ArizonaW 34-307701010017
Sat 11/7vs Arizona StateW 28-277537.67.60020

Player Story

Tyler Vaughns story

Tyler Vaughns built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Tyler Vaughns' career was his receiving role: 223 catches, 2,805 receiving yards, and 20 touchdowns across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with USC. 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 36 passing yards, 5 tackles, and 276 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.

The arc is straightforward: Tyler Vaughns 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

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    USC

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUSC80981.220.4
2017 Regular SeasonUSC80981.220.40
2018 Regular SeasonUSC6787324.1-131
2019 PostseasonUSC91277.522.4234
2019 Regular SeasonUSC91277.522.40
2020 Regular SeasonUSC40681.518.4-506

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona State

Week 9 · W 48-17 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

126

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

126 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Fresno State

Week 1 · W 31-23

150

Receiving Yards

97 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

150 receiving yards with a 90.9 efficiency score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 15 · W 43-38 · Conference game

128

Receiving Yards

96.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

128 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 7-24 · Postseason

119

Receiving Yards

90.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

119 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Colorado

Week 7 · W 31-20 · Conference game

86

Receiving Yards

89.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · USC

912 primary output · 77.5 efficiency · 22.4 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · USC

80.2

912 primary · 77.5 efficiency · 22.4 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · USC

76.6

809 primary · 81.2 efficiency · 20.4 usage

Milestones

8

100+ receiving yards

6

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games