Player Dossier

2018-2021

Ohio State

K'Vaughan Pope

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Dinwiddie, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

K'Vaughan Pope shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

26

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

K'Vaughan Pope built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Dinwiddie, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of K'Vaughan Pope's career was his defensive...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.917

Dinwiddie County · Dinwiddie, VA

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

K'Vaughan Pope, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio State. K'Vaughan Pope shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
19
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

K'Vaughan Pope quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · LB
Career Tackles
19
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
4-star · Dinwiddie County · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Dinwiddie County · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
3 tackles · LB 1,027th (top 82%) · Big Ten 424th (top 68%) · National 3,934th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State11-0--037.2
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State613-0-2045.5
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State221.501-049.5
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State23-0-1023.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Ohio State to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted75.6Sep 27, 2021

K'Vaughan Pope played LB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, K'Vaughan Pope recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 2.5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

11.3

Usage

1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Middle Tennessee

Result
Sat 9/17@ Middle Tennessee21000

Player Story

K'Vaughan Pope story

K'Vaughan Pope built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Dinwiddie, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of K'Vaughan Pope's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives K'Vaughan Pope's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State04.20.9
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State415.734
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State2.516.76.7-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State111.31-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 14 · W 52-12 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Rutgers

Week 12 · W 56-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 11 · W 73-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon

Week 2 · L 28-35

1

Havoc Plays

43.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 8 · W 52-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

30.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

2.5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage

49.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

45.5

4 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Ohio State

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games