NFL CAREER – Broughton enters his second NFL season after being drafted by New Orleans in the third round (71st) overall of the 2025 NFL Draft. After suffering a season-ending hip injury in his NFL debut, he will take advantage of a full offseason to compete for snaps on the team's front line.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Placed on Injured Reserve, 9/17/25; Signed by to a four-year contract, 5/13/25; Originally selected in the third round (71st overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft.
2025 – Made NFL debut vs. San Francisco, Sept. 14, and recorded three assisted tackles, before being put on Injured Reserve (hip).
COLLEGE – Spent five seasons with the Longhorns, seeing action in 56 career games with 18 starts and was credited with 70 tackles (39 solo), 10.5 stops for loss, 6.5 sacks for loss of 40 yards, 15 quarterback hits, four fumble recoveries, three passes defensed and two forced fumbles…A mainstay on the Texas defense in 2024, starting all 16 games and logged 39 tackles, 4.5 stops for loss, four sacks, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles and recovered three fumbles. One of five Longhorn defenders to have 3.0–or-more (4.0) sacks, 2.5 or more (4.5) tackles for loss and one of four Texas defensive players to record at least one pass breakup (two), one quarterback hurry (five), one fumble recovery (three) and one forced fumble (one). Applying immense pressure up front, Broughton helped the Longhorns lead the FBS in total interceptions (22) while ranking second in takeaways (31) and team passing efficiency defense (104.56). UT also ranked third in the FBS in total defense (283.4 ypg), scoring defense (15.3 ppg.) and red zone defense (0.692), also sitting at seventh in nation in passing yards allowed (173.8)…Recorded five tackles, one sack/stop for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery vs. Mississippi State…Made four tackles, two stops for loss/sacks/QB hurries and a fumble recovery at Texas A&M…In 2023, played in all 14 games with one start and recorded 17 tackles, 4.5 stops for loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery…Had a sack for three-yard loss at Baylor…In 2022, played in 12 games with one start and collected seven tackles (five solo), a stop for a loss and four QB hurries…In 2021, played in all 12 games and tallied five tackles (one solo), 0.5 stops for loss/sack…Collected one tackle/split sack at West Virginia…In 2020, saw action in two games and logged two tackles with one sack in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus Colorado…Graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical culture and sports, as Academic All-Big 12 selection and three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (fall 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022).
PERSONAL – An All-American and two-time All-District honoree at Cypress Ridge (Houston, Texas) HS…Participated in 2020 Under Armour All-America Game…One of five finalists for the 2019 Watkins Award, presented each year to nation's top African American male high school scholar-athlete…Rated No. 80 on the ESPN300, No. 10 at defensive end and No. 14 overall in Texas by ESPN…Ranked No. 134 nationally, No. 10 at defensive tackle and No. 13 overall in Texas by Rivals…No. 172 nationally, No. 12 at defensive tackle and No. 28 overall in Texas according to 247Sports…Listed at No. 9 on the Austin American-Statesman's Fab 55…Ranked No. 3 in the Houston Top 100 by the Houston Chronicle…Selected second-team All-District 17-6A in 2019. Recorded 36 tackles, 10 stops for loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior...Named first-team 2019 Super Team and to the Texas Top 300 by Dave Campbell's Texas Football...First-team All-District 17-6A in 2018. Recorded 92 tackles, including 25 stops for a loss and six sacks, along with three forced fumbles and two recoveries as junior. He helped lead a defense that allowed only 18.2 points per game, including two shutouts...Helped Cypress Ridge to a 7-3 overall record, including a 5-3 district mark, in 2018...Played sophomore season at Houston Spring Woods HS as a DT and TE...Primarily played basketball until sophomore year.
