Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Baylor
Byron Vaughns
LB • 6'4" • 238 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Byron Vaughns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas • Utah State • Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Player Story
Byron Vaughns built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Baylor, Texas, and Utah State. The clearest part of Byron Vaughns' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Byron Vaughns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Utah State. Byron Vaughns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 138
- TFL
- 25.5
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Byron Vaughns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · LB
- Career Tackles
- 138
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Utah State
- Top game
- Boise State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Eastern Hills · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Hapeville Charter · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Graduate
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 432nd (top 36%) · Big 12 127th (top 20%) · National 1,314th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Utah State | 14 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 54.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah State | 14 | 41 | 11 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 54.6 |
| 2022 Postseason | Utah State | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 56.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 11 | 49 | 5.5 | 1 | 6 | - | 0 | 56.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Baylor | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 47.1 |
Related Context
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Byron Vaughns played LB for Texas, Utah State, and Baylor. Across 5 tracked seasons, Byron Vaughns recorded 138 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Utah State paired 14.5 primary output with 31.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas, Utah State, Baylor.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Long Island University
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2023 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
22.3
Usage
8.1
Consistency
51.8
Best Game by takeover score
Long Island University
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 1. Utah: 0. Long Island University: 4. Texas: 0. UCF: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Cincinnati: 2. Iowa State: 1. Houston: 2. TCU: 1. West Virginia: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 2 by 18.3. Utah: 2 by 8.3. Long Island University: 2 by 48.3. Texas: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 6 by 45. Iowa State: 1 by 14.2. Houston: 2 by 28.3. TCU: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Long Island University
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Long Island University
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs West Virginia | L 31-34 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ TCU | L 17-42 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs HoustonSplash game | L 24-25 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Iowa State | L 18-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ CincinnatiSplash game | W 32-29 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Texas Tech | L 14-39 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ UCF | W 36-35 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Texas | L 6-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Long Island University2+ sacks · Splash game | W 30-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Utah | L 13-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Texas State | L 31-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Byron Vaughns story
Byron Vaughns built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Baylor, Texas, and Utah State. The clearest part of Byron Vaughns' career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Utah State. 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 Byron Vaughns' production has multiple signals. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor, Texas, and Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Byron 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Texas
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Utah State
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Baylor
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 8.3 | 1.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Utah State | 25.5 | 30.6 | 6.5 | 25.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah State | 25.5 | 30.6 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Utah State | 14.5 | 31.7 | 12.6 | -11 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 14.5 | 31.7 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Baylor | 12 | 22.3 | 8.1 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Boise State
Week 13 · L 23-42 · Conference game
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 9 · W 51-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ San Diego State
Week 14 · W 46-13 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Long Island University
Week 3 · W 30-7
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#5
@ New Mexico
Week 13 · W 35-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Utah State
14.5 primary output · 31.7 efficiency · 12.6 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Utah State
56.5
14.5 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 12.6 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Utah State
54.6
25.5 primary · 30.6 efficiency · 6.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
13
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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