‘27 NJ DE Jackson Vaughn (Notre Dame Verbal)

[arrowryan]

Jackson Vaughn, Bergen Catholic , Edge

2024: Totaled 16 tackles (11 TFL), 8 sacks and a FF as a freshman at Bergen Catholic. Participated in December's FBU Freshman All-American Bowl where he was...

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Offers:
Notre Dame
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Miami
Michigan
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Texas
USC

 

[arrowryan]

My unprofessional player evaluation:

I came away very impressed with Vaughn's sophomore tape, and it is hard to imagine he still has two years of high school ball left. His get off at the LOS is elite, and probably some of the best I've seen at the high school level. The violence he plays with is evident. He doesn't appear to be just a pass rusher, as he holds up against the run well. Vaughn is already 6'4", 225; physically, I would expect him to be game ready when he gets to college. Rivals ranks him at #201 overall, and 247 ranks him at #19 overall. I have a hard time believing there are 200 players better than Vaughn. I think a top 50 ranking is fair.

If he were to choose Notre Dame, I think he would be in the rotation immediately.

 

[arrowryan]

Standing next to Fakatou, I would say he is a legit 6'3"/6'4".

 

[arrowryan]

 

[KPENN]

This one is over

 

[arrowryan]

Would be an elite add

 

[NDinNYC]

This one is over

Oof, stings to lose out to The University of HAYESFAWCETT3rivals!

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

 

[KPENN]

Also is this not appearing on the front page for anyone else?

 

[arrowryan]

I made his thread yesterday but for some reason it doesn’t show up on the front page

 

[Dale]

I made his thread yesterday but for some reason it doesn’t show up on the front page

Sorry didn’t see it existed.

Mods probably have to fix something with the 2028 section as a whole. Probably disabled it when Bobby was making 2028 threads 7 years ago.

 

[IrishInOntario]

This would be a really nice addition to the class. If ND takes 3 DEs and Vaughn is one of them, color me happy!

 

[arrowryan]

I wonder if he’s dropped to a 3 star because of reclassifying

 

[Irishdwarte]

He has five star film. He’s a game wrecker.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Any relation to the ‘28 kid w the same name?

 

[317Irish]

Do we only recruit kids named Jackson nowadays?

 

[Dale]

#15 EDGE, #104 Overall by 247

 

[arrowryan]

#15 EDGE, #104 Overall by 247

I knew they’d be way off

 

[CanadalovesND]

I knew they’d be way off

Still better than On3. Their ranking for him came about a month ago.

 

[NDPhilly]

2028 DE Jackson Vaughn Dominates Irish Invasion, Earns Notre Dame Offer

2028 Bergen Catholic (N.J.) defensive end Jackson Vaughn? stole the show at Notre Dame’s Irish Invasion, earning an offer after a dominant performance.

irishsportsdaily.com

Reminder Vaughn absolutely dominated last years Irish invasion despite being a year younger than the 2027 guys. He should still be a top 100 talent.

 

[arrowryan]

He is shot out of a cannon when the ball is snapped.

Back to back cycles of Dunham, Ewetade, Vaughn, and Sessay would be straight gas.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

So which thread do I post “neat” in when he eventually commits?

 

[DCDomer]

Good lord. Want.

 

[arrowryan]

So which thread do I post “neat” in when he eventually commits?

Write “neat” on a piece of paper and slide it into Marcus’ mailbox

 

[Dale]

So which thread do I post “neat” in when he eventually commits?

Whichever the mods delete, you post it in the master list when you can’t locate it anymore

 

[IAIrish]

He is shout out of a cannon when the ball is snapped.

Back to back cycles of Dunham, Ewetade, Vaughn, and Sessay would be straight gas.

They can rate him whatever they want, but he's gonna be ruining offensive gameplans and beating the hell outta qb's for 3-4 years before hearing his name called in round 1 of the NFL draft.

They don't make edges with that kind of instincts, bend and explosiveness very often. ND all of a sudden seems to have an assembly line of them.

Combine that with Partridge coaching him, it's gonna be a blast to watch.

 

[arrowryan]

This is the kind of DL recruiting we’ve been starving for. This will make getting a 4 man pass rush much easier. Marry that with the secondary? Good Lord.

 

[NDPhilly]

On3 / rivals have him at a 89 now. lol.

Our 2027 class is going to include two criminally low rated 5 star juniors in Monds / Vaughn

 

[Irish Man3]

Good thing they have an entire season to prove the ratings wrong…