Player Dossier

2016-2019

Notre Dame

Donte Vaughn

CB • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donte Vaughn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.6

Efficiency

14.6

Consistency

43.3

Season Value

20.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Donte Vaughn, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · Notre Dame. Donte Vaughn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

14.6

Usage

1.6

Consistency

43.3

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 0. New Mexico: 0. USC: 0. Michigan: 1. Virginia Tech: 2. Duke: 1. Navy: 0. Stanford: 1

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. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Virginia Tech: 6 by 45. Duke: 1 by 14.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs First Half
All Games0.6 · Games = 8

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

45 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Sat 12/28@ Iowa StateW 33-920000
Sat 11/30@ StanfordW 45-2410001
Sat 11/16vs NavyW 52-2010000
Sun 11/10@ DukeW 38-710001
Sat 11/2vs Virginia TechW 21-2063002
Sat 10/26@ MichiganL 14-4511001
Sat 10/12vs USCW 30-2730000
Sat 9/14vs New MexicoW 66-1411000

Career Arc

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

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    Notre Dame

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame720.23.3
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame06.31-7
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame08.31.40
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame08.31.40
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame514.61.65
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame514.61.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Virginia Tech

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.2 takeover score.

#2

Miami

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#3

Navy

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.5 takeover score.

#4

Syracuse

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.8 takeover score.

#5

Stanford

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

36.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · Notre Dame

36.6

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8981

Whitehaven · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

56

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
CB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
56