Player Dossier

2020-2022

Kansas State

Deuce Vaughn

RB • 5'6" • 176 lbs • Round Rock, TX, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Deuce Vaughn leans workhorse runner traits and 56.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

86%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Player Story

Deuce Vaughn built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Deuce Vaughn's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.85

Cedar Ridge · Round Rock, TX

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 35
Overall
No. 212
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Deuce Vaughn, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kansas State. Deuce Vaughn leans workhorse runner traits and 56.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
4,894
Rushing yards
3,614
Receiving yards
1,280
Touchdowns
43
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2022 · Kansas State · Player Highlight

Deuce Vaughn college highlights at Kansas State.

Season
2022
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Deuce Vaughn quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
4,894
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Kansas State
Top game
Kansas
Recruit profile
3-star · Cedar Ridge · Kansas State
High school pipeline
Cedar Ridge · 4 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 6 · Pick 35 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 22 · Junior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
1,936 scrimmage yards · RB 1st (top 1%) · Big 12 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State101,086652434967.9
2021 PostseasonKansas State13143146-3487.4
2021 Regular SeasonKansas State131,7291,2584711887.4
2022 PostseasonKansas State141331330185.3
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State141,8031,4253781185.3

Related Context

Deuce Vaughn played RB for Kansas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Deuce Vaughn recorded 3,614 rushing yards, 1,280 receiving yards, and 43 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Kansas State paired 1,872 primary output with 62.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · Kansas State

Games

14

Scrimmage Yards / G

138.3

Efficiency

56.8

Usage

41.2

Consistency

84.2

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 133. South Dakota: 128. Missouri: 149. Tulane: 111. Oklahoma: 129. Texas Tech: 181. Iowa State: 37. TCU: 121. Oklahoma State: 176. Texas: 159. Baylor: 156. West Virginia: 67. Kansas: 229. TCU: 160

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 22 by 63. South Dakota: 19 by 71.8. Missouri: 25 by 62.6. Tulane: 28 by 41.8. Oklahoma: 27 by 48.9. Texas Tech: 24 by 77.6. Iowa State: 12 by 27.2. TCU: 16 by 74.7. Oklahoma State: 26 by 73.1. Texas: 26 by 49.5. Baylor: 33 by 46.2. West Virginia: 22 by 31.7. Kansas: 27 by 72.1. TCU: 28 by 55.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins141.2 · Games = 10 · +10.2 vs Losses
Losses131 · Games = 4 · -10.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

77.6 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 12/31vs Alabama100 rush yardsL 20-4522133616.0
Sat 12/3@ TCU100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-2826130512305.7
Sun 11/27vs Kansas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 47-27251475.9012828.5
Sat 11/19@ West VirginiaW 48-312267313.0
Sun 11/13@ Baylor100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-3251064.2008504.7
Sat 11/5vs Texas150 scrimmage yardsL 27-3419733.8007866.1
Sat 10/29vs Oklahoma State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 48-0221587.2014186.8
Sun 10/23@ TCUL 28-3812836.9014387.6
Sat 10/8@ Iowa StateW 10-910232.3002143.1
Sat 10/1vs Texas Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 37-28231707.4001117.5
Sun 9/25@ Oklahoma100 rush yardsW 41-34251164.6002134.8
Sat 9/17vs TulaneL 10-1720814.1008304.0
Sat 9/10vs Missouri100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 40-122414562146.0
Sat 9/3vs South Dakota100 rush yardsW 34-01812671126.7

Player Story

Deuce Vaughn story

Deuce Vaughn built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Deuce Vaughn's career was his backfield work: 3,614 rushing yards, 651 carries, 34 rushing touchdowns, and 1,280 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 1,280 receiving yards and 145 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.

The arc is straightforward: Deuce 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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    Kansas State

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State1,08661.230.4
2021 PostseasonKansas State1,87262.744.4786
2021 Regular SeasonKansas State1,87262.744.40
2022 PostseasonKansas State1,93656.841.264
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State1,93656.841.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas

Week 10 · W 35-10 · Conference game

Win with 232 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

98.4 takeover

232 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 5 · W 31-21 · Conference game

194

Scrimmage Yards

95.6 takeover

Win with 194 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

194 scrimmage yards and 35.2 usage.

#3

vs Kansas

Week 13 · W 47-27 · Conference game

229

Scrimmage Yards

90.7 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

229 scrimmage yards and 50.9 usage.

#4

vs Baylor

Week 12 · L 10-20 · Conference game

165

Scrimmage Yards

88 takeover

Loss with 165 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

165 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.

#5

vs Texas Tech

Week 5 · W 37-28 · Conference game

181

Scrimmage Yards

85.5 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

181 scrimmage yards and 47.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Kansas State

1,872 primary output · 62.7 efficiency · 44.4 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Kansas State

87.4

1,872 primary · 62.7 efficiency · 44.4 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Kansas State

85.3

1,936 primary · 56.8 efficiency · 41.2 usage

Milestones

21

100+ rush yards

15

150+ scrimmage yards

10

2+ TD games