Capped career by earning First Team All-Patriot League honors in 2016… Also named Fordham’s 2016 Defensive Player of the Year… Led 2016 squad in tackles for loss… Moved into the starting lineup at defensive tackle in 2015… Showed that he can be a factor on the defensive line in 2014, appearing in 13 games with six tackles for loss… Served as the backup to All-Patriot League defensive tackle Justin Yancey in 2014… Ranked as a top 100 high school player in Ontario.
2016 (Senior Season)
• Named First Team All-Patriot League and the team’s Defensive Player of the Year.
• Started ten games on the defensive line in 2016 (missed Yale game).
• Recorded 40 total tackles, 29 solo.
• Also had a team-high 11.0 tackles along with 4.0 sacks.
• Third in Patriot League in tackles for loss/game (1.2).
• Second on team with six quarterback hurries.
• Recorded six tackles, five solo, including 4.5 for loss and 2.0 sacks, in win over Lafayette.
• Finished with six tackles, four solo, and had three quarterback hurries in Colgate win.
• Made five tackles, four solo, in the opener at Navy.
• Made five tackles, four solo, including 1.5 for loss, in win over Holy Cross.
• Had five tackles, including four solo and two for loss, at Lehigh.
• Recorded four tackles, two solo, and blocked a kick at Bucknell.
• Finished with three stops, two solo, including two for loss and one sack in win over Elizabeth City State.
• Made three solo stops, including one sack, in win over Georgetown
2015 (Junior Season)
• Started all 12 games at left tackle for the Rams as a junior.
• Recorded 18 total tackles, eight solo, including four for loss and 2.5 sacks.
• Recorded two solo tackles, including one sack, in Lehigh game.
• Made two tackles in win over Columbia.
• Recorded two stops, including 0.5 for loss, against Monmouth.
• Also had a pair of tackles at Lafayette, including 1.5 sacks.
• Finished with two tackles, one solo, at Colgate.
• Made three stops, one solo, and had three quarterback hurries, versus Bucknell.
• Recorded two stops, one for loss, in NCAA FCS Championship game at Chattanooga.
2014 (Sophomore Season)
• Appeared in 13 games on the defensive line as a sophomore.
• Recorded 24 tackles, 14 solo, including six for loss and one sack.
• Made a season-high five tackles, three solo, in win over Rhode Island.
• Made three stops at Villanova.
• Finished with three solo tackles, including one for loss, in Lafayette win.
• Also had three tackles, one solo, including two for loss in first-round NCAA FCS Championship game win over Sacred Heart.
• Had three tackles, two solo, in win over Penn.
2013 (Freshman Season)
• Appeared in five games as a freshman for the Rams.
Before Fordham
• A graduate of Sir Allen MacNab High School in Hamilton, Ontario, where he played football for head coach Paul Cooke.
• Attended Niagara Academy in 2012-13, playing football for head coach Geoff McArthur... ranked as a top 100 player in Ontario.
• Served as a team captain (Post Graduate/High School).
• A four-year varsity starter at Sir Allen MacNab.
Personal
• Son of Mike and Katie Vaughn.
• Has two younger brothers (Myles and Quincy).
• A Sociology major.
