5′9″ · 198 lb · Mesquite, TX
Verkedric Vaughns: S · Baylor · #27.
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Verkedric Vaughns
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Verkedric Vaughns has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Baylor. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Iowa State — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-27vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-40vs Duke | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Kansas | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-66@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-23@ No. 9 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-58@ No. 13 West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-31vs Oklahoma State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-28@ No. 23 Iowa State | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 9-16vs TCU | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-38@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 38 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%5 TFL56 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
49.3%
485 pass / 499 run
Plays / game
75.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
534 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
56 tackles in 10 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Baylor, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
