Player Dossier

2014-2018

Cincinnati

Cortez Broughton

DT • 6'3" • 288 lbs • Warner Robins, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cortez Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Cortez Broughton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Warner Robins, GA wearing No. 96, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Cortez Broughton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7578

Veterans · Kathleen, GA

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 28
Overall
No. 242
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Cortez Broughton, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Cincinnati. Cortez Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
126
TFL
25
Sacks
9
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Cortez Broughton quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · DT
Career Tackles
126
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Cincinnati
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
2-star · Veterans · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Veterans · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 7 · Pick 28 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 96 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
50 tackles · DT 8th (top 4%) · American Athletic 73rd (top 14%) · National 635th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati124252.512044.4
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati12343.5151040.1
2018 PostseasonCincinnati135-0--075.7
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati134516.55.555075.7

Related Context

Cortez Broughton played DT for Cincinnati. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cortez Broughton recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Cincinnati paired 32 primary output with 39.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

20.5

Usage

7.4

Consistency

45.5

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 0.5. Michigan: 2. Miami (OH): 2. Navy: 1. Marshall: 2. UCF: 0. South Florida: 0. SMU: 1. Tulane: 0. Temple: 0. East Carolina: 0. UConn: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 4 by 21.7. Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Miami (OH): 1 by 24.2. Navy: 3 by 22.5. Marshall: 3 by 32.5. UCF: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 2 by 18.3. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 4 by 16.7. East Carolina: 2 by 8.3. UConn: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

45 vs UConn

Result
Sat 11/25vs UConnSplash gameW 22-2162100
Sat 11/18@ East CarolinaL 20-4821000
Sat 11/11vs TempleL 24-3541000
Sat 11/4@ TulaneW 17-1621000
Sat 10/21vs SMUL 28-3120001
Sat 10/14@ South FloridaL 3-3321000
Sun 10/8vs UCFL 23-5120000
Sat 9/30vs MarshallSplash gameL 21-3831000
Sat 9/23@ NavyL 32-4232100
Sun 9/17@ Miami (OH)Splash gameW 21-1710000
Sat 9/9@ MichiganSplash gameL 14-3632110
Thu 8/31vs Austin PeayW 26-14410.5000

Player Story

Cortez Broughton story

Cortez Broughton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Warner Robins, GA wearing No. 96, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Cortez Broughton's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 1 interception across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Cortez Broughton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Cincinnati

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati00
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati11.524.27.611.5
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati10.520.57.4-1
2018 PostseasonCincinnati3239.912.921.5
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati3239.912.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 1 · W 26-17

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 8 · W 31-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 13 · W 22-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 14-36

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Ohio

Week 4 · W 34-30

4

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Cincinnati

32 primary output · 39.9 efficiency · 12.9 usage

75.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Cincinnati

75.7

32 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 12.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati

44.4

11.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

16

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games