Player Dossier

2015-2018

Utah State

Aaren Vaughns

WR • 5'8" • 180 lbs • Altadena, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Aaren Vaughns built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Altadena, CA wearing No. 83, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Aaren Vaughns' career was his receiving role: 47...

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Aaren Vaughns, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah State. Aaren Vaughns reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
736
Receptions
47
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Aaren Vaughns quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
736
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Utah State
Top game
Boise State
Latest roster
No. 83 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
581 receiving yards · WR 160th (top 16%) · Mountain West 17th (top 9%) · National 172nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUtah State0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State0-00-
2017 PostseasonUtah State9437044.2
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State910118244.2
2018 PostseasonUtah State132109269.7
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State1331472369.7

Related Context

Aaren Vaughns played WR for Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaren Vaughns recorded 29 passing yards, 199 rushing yards, and 736 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Utah State paired 581 primary output with 82.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 82.2 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: Boise State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Utah State

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

44.7

Efficiency

82.2

Usage

11.4

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 109. Michigan State: 37. New Mexico State: 37. Tennessee Tech: 2. Air Force: 44. BYU: 21. UNLV: 43. Wyoming: 14. New Mexico: 63. Hawai'i: 24. San José State: 31. Colorado State: 49. Boise State: 107

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. North Texas: 2 by 100. Michigan State: 3 by 82.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 100. Tennessee Tech: 1 by 13.3. Air Force: 2 by 100. BYU: 3 by 46.7. UNLV: 2 by 100. Wyoming: 2 by 46.7. New Mexico: 3 by 100. Hawai'i: 2 by 80. San José State: 2 by 100. Colorado State: 2 by 100. Boise State: 7 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins39.7 · Games = 11 · -32.3 vs Losses
Losses72 · Games = 2 · +32.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 12/15@ North Texas100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 52-13210954.554.50272
Sun 11/25@ Boise State100 receiving yardsL 24-33710715.315.30037
Sat 11/17@ Colorado StateW 29-242491524.50133
Sat 11/10vs San José StateW 62-242316.615.50024
Sun 11/4@ Hawai'iW 56-1722419.312013
Sat 10/27vs New MexicoW 61-193631821032
Sat 10/20@ WyomingW 24-162145.3709
Sat 10/13vs UNLVW 59-2824321.521.50031
Sat 10/6@ BYUW 45-2032114.37016
Sun 9/23vs Air ForceW 42-322442222143
Fri 9/14vs Tennessee TechW 73-12126212
Sun 9/9vs New Mexico StateW 60-1323711.318.50036
Fri 8/31@ Michigan StateL 31-38337812.30014

Player Story

Aaren Vaughns story

Aaren Vaughns built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Altadena, CA wearing No. 83, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Aaren Vaughns' career was his receiving role: 47 catches, 736 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 199 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 29 passing yards, 199 rushing yards, and 7 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaren Vaughns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUtah State0
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State00
2017 PostseasonUtah State15566.910155
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State15566.9100
2018 PostseasonUtah State58182.211.4426
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State58182.211.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boise State

Week 13 · L 24-33 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

107

Receiving Yards

93.8 takeover

107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 7 · L 23-28 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

77.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ North Texas

Week 1 · W 52-13 · Postseason

109

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 1 · L 20-26 · Postseason

37

Receiving Yards

65.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

37 receiving yards with a 61.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs New Mexico

Week 9 · W 61-19 · Conference game

63

Receiving Yards

63.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Utah State

581 primary output · 82.2 efficiency · 11.4 usage

69.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Utah State

69.7

581 primary · 82.2 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Utah State

44.2

155 primary · 66.9 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games