Safety, Texas, 2009–12
Kenny Vaccaro
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Brownwood, TX
- Born
- Feb 15, 1991, in Brownwood, Texas
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Kenny Vaccaro played safety at Texas (2009–12). The New Orleans Saints took Vaccaro in the first round, No. 15 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009
All-America: Pro Football Weekly 2012; College Football News second team 2012
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 46 | 25 | 71 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 13 | 59 | 37 | 96 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| On file | 160 | 79 | 239 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 8 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 Texas 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Wyoming | W 37–17 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at Oklahoma State | W 41–36 | 1 |
2011 Texas 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
2010 Texas 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 16–33 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 214 lb |
| Arm length | 32¾″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW |
| Vertical jump | 38″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.78 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.06 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 109 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 73 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 100 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 11 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 57 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2018 | Tennessee Titans | 12 | 54 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 75 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Tennessee Titans | 13 | 72 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 109 | 574 | 11.5 | 10 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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