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01/31/20 - Allan George, rSr/2022, Vanderbilt + More +

Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason has hired Aaron Henry as his new cornerbacks coach, reuniting the assistant with the Commodores' new defensive coordinator Ted Roof. Mason announced the hiring Friday. Henry spent the past three seasons as a defensive assistant at North Carolina State, including 2018 when he worked for Roof and the Wolfpack went 9-3. Henry started coaching safeties in 2017, then worked with N.C. State's defensive backs in 2018 and 2019. The Wolfpack had 28 interceptions during Henry's tenure. Mason says Henry is a proven recruiter and technician. Henry started as a defensive graduate assistant at Arkansas in 2014 and 2015. He was defensive backs coach at Rutgers in 2016. He played at Wisconsin as a defensive back between 2007 and 2011. - AP College Football

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CB Allan George, Vanderbilt
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01/01/20 - Connor Mignone, rSr/2022, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 ALL-NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL Connor Mignone, Central Connecticut, Jr.,...In addition to Winchester, junior wide receiver Tyshaun James, junior offensive lineman Connor Mignone, senior offensive lineman Jake Schena, junior linebacker Tre Jones and senior defensive back Tajik Bagley were named to the All-Conference First Team. - Central Connecticut Football

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OG Connor Mignone, Vanderbilt
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11/27/19 - Myles Cecil, rSr/2023, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DE Myles Cecil, Cal Poly,...Among this year's honorable mentions, Myles Cecil (6-3, 268, Panorama City, Calif./La Salle High School) notched 33 tackles and one pass breakup, Kitu Humphrey (5-10, 195, Los Angeles, Calif./Long Beach Poly High School) garnered 69 tackles, one sack, one interception and five pass breakups, and Carter Nichols (6-0, 190, Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley High School) produced 50 tackles, one interception, five pass breakups and one forced fumble. - Cal Poly Football

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DT Myles Cecil, Vanderbilt
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11/25/19 - Maurice Hampton, rSr/2025, Vanderbilt + More +

NOV 25 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Maurice Hampton, S, LSU,...In first career start, had 6 tackles in helping LSU to a 56-20 win over Arkansas...Started in place of All-America Grant Delpit...LSU held Arkansas to 304 total yards...With the score 49-6, Arkansas accounted for 122 of its 304 yards in the fourth quarter...Entered the game with only 1 tackle for the entire season...Had a tackle on the first play of his first start...Four tackles came in first half as LSU built a 28-6 lead at halftime as the Razorbacks had only 100 yards of offense through two quarters. - SEC Football

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SS Maurice Hampton, Vanderbilt
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11/23/19 - KeShawn Vaughn, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

Ke'Shawn Vaughn rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns as Vanderbilt ended a three-game losing streak with a 38-0 win over East Tennessee State in its home finale on Saturday. The redshirt senior from nearby Pearl-Cohn High School in Nashville moved into sixth place in career yards at Vanderbilt with over 2,100. "We had some opportunities to get the ball to our playmakers and that's what you want to see from this football team," Commodores coach Derek Mason said. "We just need to continue to build off this one. I think we still need to be better in some areas."

The Buccaneers ended their season with their first shutout loss since 2016. ETSU's Quay Holmes, who rushed for a school-record 255 yards in last week's win over Mercer, was held to a season-low 10 yards on 11 carries. "Vandy, they just came out and they really challenged us to be able to move the ball running it and they challenged us to make plays through the air," Holmes said. "They were definitely loading the box, playing up from what I saw and bringing a lot of people to the show when it came to running the ball." The Commodores (3-8) held the Buccaneers (3-9) to 105 yards in total offense. Vanderbilt's defense recorded season-highs for sacks (six) and tackles for loss (12). - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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RB KeShawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
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11/19/19 - KeShawn Vaughn, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

Vanderbilt athletic director Malcolm Turner says Derek Mason has his full support as the Commodores coach and they'll be working together to give the football program the resources and support needed to succeed. Turner issued a statement Tuesday with Vanderbilt 2-8 in Mason's sixth season. The athletic director says Vanderbilt is in the midst of developing a new plan for football and all of its varsity sports. Turner says Mason is committed to leading Vanderbilt football "the right way." Mason currently is 26-46 and sixth on Vanderbilt's all-time wins list. He signed a contract extension after last season, which was announced in February. The Commodores played in bowls in 2016 and 2018. Mason has yet to post a winning record at the Southeastern Conference's smallest and only private university. - AP College Football

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RB KeShawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
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10/22/19 - Harrison Smith, Sr/2022, Vanderbilt + More +

OCT 21/WEEK 8 SEC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Harrison Smith, P, Vanderbilt,...Smith enjoyed a net punting average of 42.2 yards, helping Vanderbilt to its first SEC victory of the season, a 21-14 win over No. 22 Missouri...Averaged 43.1 yards on eight punts, with six efforts of 44 yards and longer. Three of Smith's punts were downed inside the Missouri 20-yard line, including a 49-yarder that forced the Tigers to start a critical drive at their own 12-yard line early in the fourth quarter...In his first year as a starter, Smith is averaging 44.3 yards per punt...The victory marked Vanderbilt's first win over a nationally-ranked opponent since the Commodores defeated No. 18 Kansas State 14-7 on Sept. 16. 2017. It was Vanderbilt's first win over a nationally-ranked SEC foe since beating No. 24 Tennessee 45-34 on Nov. 26, 2016. - SEC Football

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P Harrison Smith, Vanderbilt
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10/19/19 - KeShawn Vaughn, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

Riley Neal came off the bench and threw a 21-yard touchdown to Cam Johnson with 8:57 left, and Vanderbilt upset No. 22 Missouri 21-14 Saturday with a stifling defensive performance. Ke'Shawn Vaughn ran for a touchdown and also took a screen 61 yards for another score as Vanderbilt (2-5, 1/3 Southeastern Conference) snapped a three-game skid to Missouri after losing five of the previous seven in this series. Missouri (5-2, 2-1) came in leading the SEC East waiting for the Tigers' appeal of NCAA sanctions to be heard. The Tigers also played their first game since moving into the Top 25 with a five-game winning streak -- all at home.

Vanderbilt held Missouri to a season-low in points with the Tigers 17th nationally averaging 38.8 points a game. The Commodores sacked Kelly Bryant three times, and Allan George intercepted a Bryant pass in the end zone with 6:44 left in the third quarter. Missouri had a chance to tie except Vanderbilt sacked Bryant for the third time, and Tucker McCann pulled a 48-yarder wide left for his second missed field goal. Neal and Vanderbilt ran out the final 6 minutes for the win. Neal started the first six games of the season only to be benched for Mo Hasan against Missouri. The walk-on junior college transfer who had thrown only six passes last season as a backup became the third quarterback this season to jump-start an offense that has been one of the nation's worst. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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RB KeShawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
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10/16/19 - Jared Pinkney, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

Vanderbilt TE Jared Pinkney was a second-team selection on the Associated Press preseason All-America team, but has caught just 13 passes for 143 yards and no touchdowns. Pinkney's lack of production reflects how much the entire Vanderbilt offense has fizzled during its 1-5 start. - AP College Football

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TE Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
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09/28/19 - KeShawn Vaughn, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

Ke'Shawn Vaughn rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown, Riley Neal threw for 189 yards and a touchdown and Vanderbilt defeated Northern Illinois 24-18. The victory was the first of the season for the Commodores (1-3), who dropped their first three games to Power Five teams, two of which came against Top Five ranked opponents No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 LSU. After winning their season opening game, Northern Illinois (1-3) has dropped three straight, all against Power Five teams. Vanderbilt's Keyon Brooks and Vaughn scored rushing touchdowns on the first two Vanderbilt drives of the game.

On Vanderbilt's opening drive, Brooks broke loose for a 61-yard touchdown run, the freshman's first of the season. He had only one more carry of the game. Entering Saturday, Brooks had just eight carries for a total of seven yards in two games this season. The Huskies pulled to within four in the third quarter after posting points on their first two drives of the second half. John Richardson kicked a 39-yard field goal to get Northern Illinois on the scoreboard, and then Mitchell Brinkman had a 38-yard touchdown reception. But Vanderbilt answered right back 1:49 later when Neal found Kalija Lipscomb with a 38-yard touchdown pass. Vanderbilt improved its record to 8-2 against Mid-American Conference opponents, including 4-0 against Northern Illinois. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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RB KeShawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
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09/17/19 - Jamauri Wakefield, rSr/2022, Vanderbilt + More +

Vanderbilt will be without a trio of Commodores for the rest of the season because of injuries. Coach Derek Mason said Tuesday that backup running back Jamauri Wakefield, linebacker Colin Anderson and wide receiver Amir Abdur-Rahman will not return. The injuries obviously hurt Vanderbilt's depth as the Commodores (0-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) hosts No. 4 LSU (3-0, 0-0) on Saturday. Wakefield was carted off the field late in Vanderbilt's 30-6 loss to No. 3 Georgia with a leg injury in the season opener. The junior ran for 353 yards and two touchdowns last season while starting two games.

Abdur-Rahman also played against Georgia but missed a 42-24 loss at Purdue. The receiver had his career-long catch, a 52-yarder, in the Texas Bowl loss to Baylor last season. Anderson, who plays inside linebacker, has not played this season, and Mason says a knee injury will keep him out. He missed five games last season with an injured foot after starting the 2018 opener as a freshman. - AP College Football

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RB Jamauri Wakefield, Vanderbilt
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08/15/19 - Kalija Lipscomb, Sr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 PRESEASON COACHES ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: WR Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt,...Lipscomb, a product of Jesuit High School in New Orleans, is a preseason candidate for the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation's top receiver enters. He enters the season among Vanderbilt's all-time leaders with 151 receptions, 1,845 receiving yards and 19 touchdown catches. Lipscomb, who posted a SEC-high 87 receptions in 2018, needs six touchdown catches to break Jordan Matthews' school record. - Vanderbilt Football

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WR Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt
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08/15/19 - KeShawn Vaughn, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 PRESEASON COACHES ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt,...Vaughn rushed for 1,244 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns last year, averaging an amazing 7.9 yards per attempt. Vaughn's rushing total from a year ago is the most by any returning back in the SEC. Vaughn finished off the 2018 campaign in sensational fashion, producing one of the best individual performances in team history at the Texas Bowl. Vaughn rushed for 243 yards, the second highest single-game total ever by a Commodore, and two touchdowns on just 13 carries against Baylor. The remarkable effort included three rushes longer than 65 yards. - Vanderbilt Football

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RB KeShawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
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08/15/19 - Jared Pinkney, rSr/2020, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 PRESEASON COACHES ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: TE Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt,...Pinkney enters his final year with 94 career receptions, 1,327 receiving yards and 12 touchdown catches, all tops nationally among tight ends. He ranks among the nation's leading returnees at tight end. His 774 receiving yards from a year ago is the most of any tight end returning for the 2019 season. His 50 receptions and seven touchdown catches also rank among top returning totals for his position. - Vanderbilt Football

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TE Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
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08/15/19 - Dayo Odeyingbo, Sr/2021, Vanderbilt + More +

2019 PRESEASON COACHES ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM: DL Dayo Odeyingbo, Vanderbilt,...As a 10-game starter in 2018, Odeyingbo, a junior from Irving, Texas, posted several career highs, including 28 tackles (17 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries. - Vanderbilt Football

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