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Player Dossier
2020-2025UCLA
JonJon Vaughns
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
JonJon Vaughns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
JonJon Vaughns built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of JonJon Vaughns' career was his defensive production: 218...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
JonJon Vaughns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA. JonJon Vaughns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 218
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
JonJon Vaughns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · LB
- Career Tackles
- 218
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. John Bosco · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 107 tackles · LB 27th (top 3%) · Big Ten 4th (top 1%) · National 32nd (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 10 | 19 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 22 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 107 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 60 |
Related Context
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JonJon Vaughns played LB for UCLA. Across 6 tracked seasons, JonJon Vaughns recorded 218 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCLA paired 8 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
42.4
Usage
11.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1. UNLV: 0. New Mexico: 0. Northwestern: 0. Penn State: 0.5. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 2.5. Indiana: 0. Nebraska: 0. Ohio State: 1. Washington: 0. USC: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 15 by 60. UNLV: 10 by 41.7. New Mexico: 10 by 41.7. Northwestern: 12 by 50. Penn State: 7 by 34.2. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 8 by 58.3. Indiana: 13 by 50. Nebraska: 9 by 37.5. Ohio State: 9 by 47.5. Washington: 5 by 20.8. USC: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 9 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
60 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ USCSplash game | L 10-29 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Washington | L 14-48 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Ohio State | L 10-48 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Nebraska | L 21-28 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Indiana10+ tackles | L 6-56 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs MarylandSplash game | W 20-17 | 8 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Michigan State | W 38-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Penn State | W 42-37 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Northwestern10+ tackles | L 14-17 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Mexico10+ tackles | L 10-35 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ UNLV10+ tackles | L 23-30 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Utah10+ tackles | L 10-43 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
JonJon Vaughns story
JonJon Vaughns built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of JonJon Vaughns' career was his defensive production: 218 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 50 career games in the available record. His career also includes 36 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives JonJon Vaughns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 16.1 | 3.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 1.5 | 9.4 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 9 | 25.2 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 5.5 | 14.1 | 3.6 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 5.5 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 0.5 | 21.7 | 6.9 | -5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 42.4 | 11.7 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ USC
Week 12 · W 38-20 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 16 USC
Week 14 · L 10-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs South Alabama
Week 3 · W 32-31
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 75 Maryland
Week 8 · W 20-17 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 4 · W 45-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
8 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · UCLA
56.4
9 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
46.2
0.5 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 6.9 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
5
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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