Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Notre 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.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Donte Vaughn built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 8, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Donte Vaughn's career was his defensive production: 56...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Donte Vaughn, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Donte Vaughn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 56
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Donte Vaughn quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · CB
- Career Tackles
- 56
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Whitehaven · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Whitehaven · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · CB 184th (top 52%) · FBS Independents 106th (top 37%) · National 2,175th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 22 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 50.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Notre Dame | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 6 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Notre Dame | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 14 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 35.6 |
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Donte Vaughn played CB for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donte Vaughn recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 7 primary output with 20.2 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.
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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
Virginia Tech
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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
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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
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Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
45 vs Virginia Tech
Player Story
Donte Vaughn story
Donte Vaughn built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 8, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Donte Vaughn's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 1 interception, and 11 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Notre Dame. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Donte Vaughn's production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: Donte 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
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Notre Dame
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 20.2 | 3.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Notre Dame | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Notre Dame | 5 | 14.6 | 1.6 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 5 | 14.6 | 1.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 10 · W 21-20
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami
Week 9 · W 30-27
3
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Duke
Week 4 · L 35-38
1
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 10 · L 27-28
1
Havoc Plays
35.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Syracuse
Week 5 · W 50-33
1
Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
7 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage
50.6
#2
2018 Postseason · Notre Dame
40.1
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Notre Dame
40.1
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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