Player Dossier

2020-2024

Texas

Vernon Broughton

DL • 6'4" • 305 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Vernon Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.2

Efficiency

17.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

16.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Vernon Broughton, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Texas. Vernon Broughton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.

Vernon Broughton played DL for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Vernon Broughton recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Texas paired 2 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Texas

Games

15

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

17.8

Usage

5.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 2. Arizona State: 0. Clemson: 1.5. Colorado State: 1. Michigan: 0. UTSA: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Mississippi State: 2. Oklahoma: 0. Georgia: 0. Florida: 0. Arkansas: 0. Kentucky: 0. Texas A&M: 4. Georgia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 1 by 24.2. Arizona State: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 1 by 19.2. Colorado State: 2 by 18.3. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 5 by 40.8. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Texas A&M: 4 by 56.7. Georgia: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 12 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

15 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 1/11vs Ohio StateL 14-2811110
Wed 1/1@ Arizona StateW 39-3142000
Sat 12/21vs ClemsonW 38-24100.5001
Sat 12/7vs GeorgiaL 19-2266000
Sun 12/1@ Texas A&M2+ sacks · Splash gameW 17-743220
Sat 11/23vs KentuckyW 31-1431000
Sat 11/16@ ArkansasW 20-1020000
Sat 11/9vs FloridaW 49-1720000
Sat 10/19vs GeorgiaL 15-3010000
Sat 10/12@ OklahomaW 34-332000
Sat 9/28vs Mississippi StateW 35-1354110
Sun 9/22vs UL MonroeW 51-311000
Sat 9/14vs UTSAW 56-711000
Sat 9/7@ MichiganW 31-1232000
Sat 8/31vs Colorado StateW 52-021001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Texas

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonTexas228.318
2021 Regular SeasonTexas17.71.9-1
2022 Regular SeasonTexas15.81.50
2023 Regular SeasonTexas611.13.55
2024 PostseasonTexas10.517.85.24.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas10.517.85.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas A&M

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.

#2

Colorado

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#3

Wyoming

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46 takeover score.

#4

Baylor

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.3 takeover score.

#5

Texas Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Postseason · Texas

2 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 18 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Texas

16.2

10.5 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Texas

16.2

10.5 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9473

Cy Ridge · Houston, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

67

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 37 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.