| Vaughn Charlton |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Landenberg, Pa.
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| High School:
Avon Grove
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| Height / Weight:
6-4 / 225
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| Position:
QB
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Third-year junior ... returning starting quarterback.
2007: Played in seven games with four starts ... came in off the bench against Navy, Buffalo, and Miami (Ohio) ... started against Ohio, No. 25 Penn State, Kent State, and Western Michigan ... finished the season 78-of-137 for 808 yards and three touchdowns ... went in during the second quarter for an injured Adam DiMichele against Miami (Ohio) ... threw for 109 yards and a touchdown in the victory over the Redhawks en route to the coaches' offensive player of the week honors ... the 109 yards were the second most of his career ... threw a 61-yard touchdown to WR Bruce Francis ... started the last four games ... made his first start at Ohio, the fourth start of his collegiate career ... made a then-career-high 17 completions and a then-career-high 25 attempts for a then-career-high 161 yards against the Bobcats ... threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Francis ... named the coaches' offensive player of the week against No. 25 Penn State following another career game ... made a career-high 26 completions and a career-high 43 attempts for a career-high 238 yards ... went 18-of-27 for 191 yards in the win over Kent State, his third start ... made his first career punt, a 58-yarder, at Western Michigan ... lettered.
2006: Played in eight games with three starts as a true freshman ... one of 22 true freshmen to see action and one of 10 to start ... played versus Buffalo, Louisville, Minnesota, Western Michigan, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Penn State, and Navy, starting against WMU, VU and CU ... completed 47 of 85 passes for 417 yards and two TDs for a 99.56 efficiency rating ... threw a 30-yard TD pass to fellow true freshman Steve Maneri versus Clemson ... connected with Josh Bundy on a 12-yard scoring aerial at Navy ... lettered.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Avon Grove HS in West Grove, Pa. ... Prep Star All-Atlantic Region honoree ... three-year starter at QB, completing 98 of 195 passes for 1,337 yards and nine TDs in a pro-style offense in 2005 under first-year head coach Jon MacFarland ... played in the 2006 Chester County Valor Bowl All-Star Game ... Pennsylvania Sports Fever Preseason "Fab 85" All-State choice ... two-time All-SCCL selection ... the 98th QB prospect overall in the nation and 10th best in Pennsylvania according to Scouts, Inc., receiving a 6.6 grading ... played the 2004 and 2003 seasons in a wing-T offense and completed 58 of 78 passes for 972 yards and nine TDs as a junior ... attended the Elite 11 Camp in Atlanta, New Jersey Elite Camp, Adidas Camp at N.C. State, the Penn State Elite combine, and the Ole Miss Senior Camp ... the first player in school history to sign a Division I NLI ... also a varsity basketball letterwinner.
Personal: Born March 25, 1988 ... son of Vaughn, Jr., and Deborah Charlton ... business management major.
CHARLTON'S CAREER STATS
Date Opponent Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Rush Yards TD Lg
8/31 at Buffalo 1-1-0 0 0 0 2 -3 0 2
9/9 Louisville 5-12-0 49 0 16 3 -6 0 2
9/16 at Minnesota 13-23-1 70 0 8 5 -2 0 7
9/23 at W. Mich. 4-8-1 46 0 22 4 -43 0 0
9/30 at Vanderbilt 0-1-0 0 0 0 1 -7 0 0
10/12 vs. Clemson 13-25-0 110 1 30 5 -40 0 0
11/11 at Penn State 0-1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11/18 at Navy 11-14-0 142 1 28 4 -6 0 8
2006 Totals 47-85-2 417 2 30 25 -107 0 8
8/31 NAVY 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 -10 0 0
9/8 *BUFFALO 2-4-0 17 0 12 3 -13 0 2
10/20 *MIAMI 9-13-0 109 1 61 2 -11 0 0
11/2 *at Ohio 17-25-1 161 1 42 9 -21 0 7
11/10 PENN ST. 26-43-0 238 0 22 10 -32 0 4
11/17 *KENT ST. 18-27-0 191 1 29 12 -32 0 15
11/24 *at W. Mich. 6-25-0 9 2 0 33 9 -3 0 25
2007 Totals 78-137-1 808 3 61 46 -122 0 25
Career Totals 125-222-3 1,225 5 61 71 -209 0 25
Charlton's Career Highs
Attempts 43 (#25 Penn State, 2007)
Completions 26 (#25 Penn St., 2007)
Passing Yds. 238 (#25 Penn St., 2007)
Long Pass 61 (Miami, 2007)
TD Passes 1 (5X, last vs. Kent St., 2007)
Rushes 12 (Kent State, 2007)
Yards -3 (at Western Michigan, 2007)
Long 25 (at Western Michigan, 2007)
TD 0
Punts 1 (at Western Michigan, 2007)
Yards 58 (at Western Michigan, 2007)
Game Avg. 58.0 (at W. Michigan, 2007)
Long 58 (at Western Michigan, 2007)
