Kenny
Vaccaro.
Kenny
Vaccaro.
Texas· 6'0"· 214 lb· 4.63s 40
Kenny Vaccaro is an ideal fit for Cover-3 match and other balanced two-high safety defensive schemes that prioritize versatility and physicality near the line of scrimmage.
Year 1 impact starter as a strong safety capable of playing near the line and covering slot receivers, with a ceiling as an All-Pro strong safety who can dictate defensive alignments.
A single-high safety defense that asks him to regularly cover vast amounts of deep territory.
Vaccaro's blend of size, physicality, and coverage ability makes him a scheme-versatile safety, particularly strong in systems that value run support and man coverage from the safety position.
Selected #15 overall in Round 1 of the 2013 NFL Draft by New Orleans Saints out of Texas.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.63sp50
- Vertical
- 38inp50
- Broad jump
- 121inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.78sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.06sp50
- Bench
- 15repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Texas | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Texas | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Texas | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Kenny Vaccaro played safety for the Saints and Titans. He was a consistent starter known for his physical play and versatility in the secondary.