Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Texas
Vernon Broughton
DL • 6'4" • 305 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
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Vernon Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
64
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
54
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: 2020 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Vernon Broughton built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Vernon Broughton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 71
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Vernon Broughton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Texas. Vernon Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Texas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cy Ridge · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Cy Ridge · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 3 · Pick 7 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DL 72nd (top 7%) · SEC 123rd (top 17%) · National 1,001st (top 17%)
Vernon Broughton played DL for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Vernon Broughton recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Texas.
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