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Vanderbilt Star Running Back Expected to Play vs. UK

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Vanderbilt’s most explosive playmaker is expected to be on the Kroger Field sidelines this weekend.

Running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn put the Florida Gators on their heels Saturday in Nashville. He had a 43-yard run and a 75-yard touchdown reception before Vaughn was sidelined with an unspecified injury.

A day after Vaughn Tweeted, “See ya Saturday,” Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason told The Tennessean, “By all accounts, he’s good.”

A transfer from Illinois, he led the Fighting Illini in rushing as a true freshman. This year, his first in Nashville, he’s recorded a team-high 495 rushing yards (6.