Vickiel Vaughn Vickiel Vaughn ( born October 24 , 1983 ) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent . He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft . He played college football at Arkansas . After spending 30 days in jail for failure to pay child support , he went on to play for the Arkansas Diamonds in the Indoor Football League . Currently , he is finishing a BA at the University of Arkansas . Early years . Vaughn attended Plano West Senior High School in Plano , Texas . He was rated as one of the nation ’ s top 25 football players by The Sporting News and one of the top 125 by USA Today . He caught 25 passes for 414 yards and five touchdowns as a senior wide receiver . He racked up 67 tackles and six interceptions in his final prep campaign on defense . He made four interceptions as a junior before tearing his right ACL . He ranked as the second safety in the nation by Rivals100 . com and rated as the fourth safety in the country by Max Emfinger . He was a member of Tom Lemming ’ s Prep Football All - American team ] . He made SuperPrep ’ s All - American squad and was rated the second defensive back in the nation by the same publication . He participated in the 2002 U . S . Army All - American Bowl Game in San Antonio , Texas . College career . Vaughn appeared in all 14 games for Arkansas as a true freshman in 2002 . His mainstay was on special teams . He was on the punt return and kickoff coverage squads . He made three tackles throughout the course of the season , including two in special teams action . He earned his first collegiate stop with a solo tackle against South Florida . He made a solo tackle in the regular season finale against LSU . He had one solo stop against Minnesota in the Music City Bowl . In 2003 , after spending his first season as a free safety , he moved in fall camp to the wolf linebacker position . He played in all 13 games with a large majority of his early - season action coming on special teams . He ranked second on the team with 10 special teams tackles . He had 23 tackles and one interception on the season . He was tied for second on the squad with two forced fumbles . He played extensively against Kentucky earning four tackles and his first career tackle for loss against the Wildcats . He had five tackles against South Carolina . He made two big plays on a USC fourth - quarter drive to keep the Gamecocks out of the end zone . On third down , he made a touchdown - saving pass break up near the Razorback goal line . Then on fourth down , he forced a fumble that was recovered to halt the scoring drive . In 2004 , he played in 11 games with 10 starts . He started the first seven of eight contests at free safety before starting the final three contests at strong safety . He led the Razorbacks with 66 tackles , including 47 solo stops . His 6 . 0 tackles per game average ranked 26th in the Southeastern Conference . He was tied for the team lead with two interceptions ( 92 yards ) . His 92 yards in interception returns ranked third in the SEC . He also tallied three pass deflections , one forced fumble and one fumble recovery . He recorded eight or more tackles in four of his final six contests . He posted a career - high 10 tackles against Texas . He earned his first collegiate start at free safety against Missouri State in the season opener and registered three solo tackles . He came off the bench to turn in one of the best game of his career against Auburn where he had nine tackles , including seven solo stops , a fumble recovery and an interception against the Tigers . As a senior in 2005 , Vaughn finished second on the team with 83 tackle s . He had four interception s , returning one for a touchdown and recovered one fumble . He had 10 tackles , one forced fumble and a fumble recovery against Missouri State . He led team with 11 tackles and two passes defensed against Vanderbilt . He had eight tackles against Alabama . He returned one interception for a 52 - yard score against South Carolina . He had six tackles , one pass defensed and two interceptions against LSU .