2018 Football Roster Choose a Player: Anderson, Allen Anderson, Eleasah Arnold, Grayland Atkinson, Jared Barnes, Kalon Bass, Brandon Baxter, Will Beard, Christian Benitez, Ricardo Bennema, Zack Bernard, Terrel Black, Henry Blackmar, Blake Bohanon, Gerry Boyd, Kyle Brewer, Charlie Brown, Zeke Bullard, Koby Copeland, Jake Delashaw, Colby Dixon, Dru Ebner, Trestan Fleeks, Josh Fruhmorgen, Jake Galitz, Drew Galvin, Connor George, Cody Gleeson, Jackson Hand, Harrison Hanspard Jr., Byron Hasty, JaMycal Heard, Preston Henderson, Tyler Henle, Christoph Holmes, Gavin Houston, Jameson Hunt, Tyrone Hurd, Jalen Jackson, Bryson Jacobs, Jamie Johnston, Clay Jones, Marques Jones, Xavier Jones Jr., Lenoy Justice, Dalton Keith, Khalil Kelly, Chad Kimble, Jackson Klinge III, Henry Landry, Josh Lawrence, Patrick Lewis, Ira Lockhart, James Logan, Ashton Lovett, John Lutzel, Chris Lynch, Blake Lynch, James Malin, Josh Martin, Connor Matiscik, Ross Maxwell, Cole Mayers, John McClendon, Jalan McGuire, Garret McNair, Michael McVea, Jairon Miller, Chris Miller, Ryan Milton, Mark Mims, Denzel Moore, Jason Morgan, Christian Morrison, Russell Newman-Johnson, Xavier Ogbonnaya, Chidi Phillips, Casey Pines, Prince Pitre, Jalen Platt, Chris Power, Issac Roberts, Greg Rodoni, Thor Rogers, Owen Roy, Bravvion Saulin, Rob Sedwick, Jay Shupp, Jackson Sims, Ben Smith, Abram Smith, Marje Smith, Ty Sneed, R.J. Stanton, Connor Stricklin, Pooh Taylor, Bralen Tecklenburg, Sam Texada, Raleigh Thomas, Derrek Thompson, BJ Thornton, Tyquan Threet, Jim Utley, Brayden Valentin, Johncarlo Vaughns, Verkedric Weeks, Preston White, Trevor Williams, Craig Williams, Deonte Williams, Jordan Woods, JT Go Profile Stats Profile S Position Senior Class Mesquite, Texas Hometown 5'10 Height 193 Weight Poteet HS High School #1 Verkedric Vaughns S Position Senior Class Mesquite, Texas Hometown Season Career Season Stats Season: 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography 2018 All-Big 12 honorable mention selection ... Ranks second on team in career games played with 47 ... 2018, 2017 and 2016 Academic All-Big 12 second team ... Two-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection ... served on relief mission trip to Puerto Rico in May 2018 ... earned undergraduate degree in May 2018. 2018 (Senior): 2018 All- Big 12 honorable mention ... Appeared in 12 games, making 9 starts ... Finished the season with career-high 57 tackles (38 solo), 5.0 TFL, 4 pass breakups ... Had 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup in the Texas Bowl vs. Vanderbilt (12/27) ... Credited with 1 tackle and 2 pass break ups against Texas Tech (11/24) ... Finished with 5 tackles, 1 TFL vs. TCU (11/17) ... Had a career-day at Iowa State (10/11), led the team with a career-high 13 tackles (7 solo) and had 1.5 TFL ... Finished with 6 tackles (4 solo) vs. OSU (11/3) ... Tied for the team-lead with 6 tackles (all solo) at West Virginia (10/25) ... Had 1 tackle at Texas (10/13) ... Had five tackles (3 solo) at Oklahoma (9/29) ... Tied for the team lead with 7 tackles (6 solo) with first TFL of the season (1 for 3 yards) vs. Kansas (9/22) ... Finished second on the team with 7 tackles (3 solo), a half TFL for 2 yards and 1 pass breakup vs. Duke (9/15) ... Made season-debut vs. ACU (9/1) where he started at safety and collected four tackles ... Appeared in the game at UTSA, but did not record a stat ... 2018 Big 12 All-Academic second team selection. 2017 (Junior): Played in all 12 games with five starts ... Posted career highs of 42 tackles, two TFLs and one sack on season ... Second-team Academic All-Big 12 ... Had three tackles at No. 10 TCU with one TFL ... Made three tackles vs. Iowa State ... Started vs. Texas Tech, had two tackles ... Started at Kansas, made two tackles ... Started vs. Texas, had six tackles, one PBU and first career sack/TFL ... Started at safety vs. No. 23 West Virginia, had four tackles and one PBU ... Made first career start at safety at No. 14 Oklahoma State, had two tackles ... Made five tackles at Kansas State ... Had two tackles vs. No. 3 Oklahoma ... Made two tackles at Duke ... Tallied one tackle vs. UTSA ... Recorded career-high 10 tackles, including career-best nine solo stops, vs. Liberty. 2016 (Sophomore): Played in 12 of 13 games and made four starts at corner back ... Academic All-Big 12 second team ... Had one tackle at No. 13 West Virginia ... Played but did not have any stats vs. SMU, at Texas, at No. 9 Oklahoma, vs. Kansas State, vs. Texas Tech and vs. Boise State ... Started, had two tackles and one pass breakup vs. TCU ... Did not play vs. Kansas ... Started at Iowa State, had two tackles ... Started vs. Oklahoma State, had career-high seven tackles, two PBUs and forced and recovered first career fumble on same play ... Made first career start at Rice, had one tackle and career-high three PBUs ... Had one tackle and PBU?vs. Northwestern State in season-opener ... Selected to Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll spring 2017. 2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 11 of 13 games on special teams and as reserve cornerback ... Earned first collegiate letter ... Totaled two tackles on season ... Saw action at cornerback in three games, played remaining eight exclusively on special teams ... Made collegiate debut in season-opening win at SMU, played on special teams ... Saw first action from scrimmage in third game vs. Rice, no stats ... Made two solo tackles as backup corner in win at Kansas in fifth game ... Did not play in two games ... Also played snaps at corner in win over No. 10 North Carolina in Russell Athletic Bowl. 2014 (Freshman): Sat out first season at Baylor and participated on practice squad, redshirted to retain eligibility ... Named to fall 2014 and spring 2015 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Rolls. High School: Versatile two-way athlete from Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas ... Two-time all-district honoree as cornerback and receiver for head coaches Kody Groves and Randy Jackson at PHS ... National position ratings among cornerback prospects: 64th by ESPN, 89th by 247Sports, 108th by Scout ... Ranked 71st overall recruit in state (fourth among "athletes") by Lone Star Top 100 ... Rated No. 51 prospect on SportsDay/DMN Area Top 100 ... Named second-team 2013 All-District 10-4A as cornerback despite injury-shortened senior season ... Totaled 22 tackles (17 solo) and four PBUs for Poteet squad that finished 12-2 and 13th in state and reached DII state quarterfinals ... Named second-team 2012 All-District 10-4A at receiver as junior on PHS squad that finished 11-3 and reached DII regional finals ... Played receiver and cornerback as junior, made 31 receptions for 359 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed 23 times for 179 yards. Personal: Son of Myron Vaughns and Valerie Fridia ... Older brother Vertrail played basketball for North Texas and George Mason ... Completed undergrad degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies in May 2018.