6′5″ · 265 lb · Round Rock, TX · McNeil
Zach Vaughan: DE · Houston · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Zach Vaughan
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Zach Vaughan has been at Houston through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Temple — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-27@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-18vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-26vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-20@ East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 57-36vs No. 21 South Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 31-45@ SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 49-59vs Temple | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-17vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-52@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
7%1 TFL15 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
47.0%
474 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
77.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
512 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tony Levine, Tom Herman, and Major Applewhite. Multi-era developmental context.
