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Donovan Kaufman Season 2021

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Donovan Kaufman Season 2021

PositionS
Weight200 lbs
Height5-10
ClassRedshirt Freshman
HometownNew Orleans, La.
Previous SchoolVanderbilt

2023: Veteran safety … 125 career tackles (15 at Vanderbilt) … 4 tackles, 2 TFL, sack and forced fumble against UMass … 8 tackles, forced and recovered a fumble at Cal … did not play against Samford … 4 tackles at Texas A&M … 3 tackles, TFL against Georgia … 5 tackles at LSU … 41-yard interception return along with 2 tackles vs. Ole Miss … 2 tackles, TFL against Mississippi State … 3 solo tackles vs. New Mexico State … 2 tackles vs. Alabama ... SEC academic honor roll

2022: Returning starter at safety … 41 tackles for season … 5 tackles, PBU against Mercer … 4 tackles, PBU against San Jose’ State … 3 tackles against Penn State … forced an LSU fumble, along with 3 tackles and a TFL … 7 tackles at Georgia … career-best 11 tackles at Ole Miss … 6 tackles vs. Arkansas … injury kept him out of the last four games

2021: Transfer starter at safety who is also deep on kick returns … 33 tackles for season … 2 solo tackles and 3 kick returns for 61 yards against Akron … 2 solo stops at Penn State … 7-yard sack and a forced fumble vs. Georgia State … 5 tackles, TFL vs. Georgia … 5 tackles and forced a Texas A&M fumble … 7 tackles vs. Mississippi State … 38-yard interception along with 3 tackles at South Carolina … 3 solo tackles and forced a Houston fumble … scholar of week (Akron) ... SEC academic honor roll

Before Auburn: Played in two games at Vanderbilt in 2020, recording 15 tackles, 5 KOR … two-time captain at Archbishop Rummel High … LSWA Class 5A state defensive MVP and all-district MVP for Coach Nick Monica, leading the Raiders to a 13-0 record and the state title … Class 5A Division I state title game MVP … 99 tackles, 6 TFL, 4 sacks, 4 interceptions, 3 fumble returns and blocked kick as a senior … twice all-metro MVP and team captain … 304 tackles, 8 interceptions, 23 sacks, 11 forced fumbles as three-year starter … also lettered in basketball, baseball, track, wrestling and soccer … NFF Honor Scholar-Athlete … National Honor Society and Key Club

Personal: Birthday is February 27 … son of Donyell Green and Isaac Kaufman … has three siblings, Lea, Ikea and Raneca … studying in the College of Liberal Arts

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Sophomore
2022

Safety
5-10 / 205 lbs
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Junior
2023

Safety
5-10 / 204 lbs