Kanious Vaughn: DE · UTEP · #97.
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Kanious Vaughn
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. On tape: 3 tackles against Liberty, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UTEP | 19 | 14 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Career | 19 | 14 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-24vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-14@ Florida International | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 13-21vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs No. 22 Liberty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 6.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
26%5 sacksTFL rate
32%6 TFLHurry rate
5%1 hurryPressure-to-sack conversion
83%5 of 6 pressures19 tackles · 6 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
42.6%
330 pass / 445 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
350 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #336 at the position.
How it ended
One season at UTEP, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
