Arizona linebacker Carrington Vaughn holds on to drag down Brigham Young quarterback Taysom Hill (7) in the first quarter of the Cactus Kickoff Classic, University of Phoenix Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, Glendale, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

If Vegas put odds on the first player to secure Arizona’s first sack of the season on defense, bets probably would’ve been placed on linebackers Paul Magloire or DeAndre’ Miller, maybe a blitzing safety such as Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles and Tellas Jones, or even a defensive linemen, like Sani Fuimaono or Luca Bruno.

That's not what happened.

On a third down play in the first quarter, Arizona’s first sack came from … linebacker Carrington Vaughn.

Vaughn is a walk-on redshirt freshman linebacker from Pittsburgh who playing in the first college game of his career. He’s listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 214 pounds.

Vaughn's online bio consists of 30 words, touting how he played football and ran track and field in high school and was a team captain and a scholar-athlete.Β 


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