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Before Broughton found some fame on the college football field, he was a member of a Little League World Series team from Warner Robins, Georgia in 2009. Bearcat coaches are glad he filled out as he got older. He played in two games (no statistics) as a freshman in 2014 but redshirted the year due to injury. Broughton started 11 of 12 games played the following year (28 tackles, 1.5 for loss) and became an all-conference player in 2016, starting all 12 games and racking up 42 stops, five for loss, and 2.5 sacks to garner second-team honors. He started all 12 games again in 2017, making 34 tackles, 3.5 for loss, and a sack. AAC coaches voted him first-team all-conference in 2018, as the 13-game starter compiled 51 total tackles and led the Bearcats with 17.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks while breaking up five passes.
Overview
A revolving door of teachers at his position and a lack of positional consistency may have limited his success early on, but Broughton woke up in a big way this season with 18.5 tackles-for-loss and 7.5 sacks. He flashes adequate play strength and athletic ability, but he lacks desired physical traits and he doesn't have one area that is a big plus for him relative to NFL competition. He could benefit from learning from a single voice and has a chance to find a roster spot as a Day 3 selection or priority free agent.
Before Broughton found some fame on the college football field, he was a member of a Little League World Series team from Warner Robins, Georgia in 2009. Bearcat coaches are glad he filled out as he got older. He played in two games (no statistics) as a freshman in 2014 but redshirted the year due to injury. Broughton started 11 of 12 games played the following year (28 tackles, 1.5 for loss) and became an all-conference player in 2016, starting all 12 games and racking up 42 stops, five for loss, and 2.5 sacks to garner second-team honors. He started all 12 games again in 2017, making 34 tackles, 3.5 for loss, and a sack. AAC coaches voted him first-team all-conference in 2018, as the 13-game starter compiled 51 total tackles and led the Bearcats with 17.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks while breaking up five passes.
Overview
A revolving door of teachers at his position and a lack of positional consistency may have limited his success early on, but Broughton woke up in a big way this season with 18.5 tackles-for-loss and 7.5 sacks. He flashes adequate play strength and athletic ability, but he lacks desired physical traits and he doesn't have one area that is a big plus for him relative to NFL competition. He could benefit from learning from a single voice and has a chance to find a roster spot as a Day 3 selection or priority free agent.
Strengths
- High-energy with positive leadership and personality traits
- Played a variety of positions along the front
- Big senior season creates intrigue
- Keeps pad level low off the snap
- Can be difficult for blocker to cross-face on back-side
- Catches a scent of exploitable gaps and charges in
- Intriguing flashes of play strength on tape
- Adequate anchor and technique vs
- double teams
- Activates a functional bull-rush
- Steadies himself to leap and challenge passes when rush stalls
Weaknesses
- Below-average height, weight and length
- Weight is not distributed proportionally through frame
- Initial movements lack desired explosiveness
- Cut blocks find their mark with too much success
- Hands will have to catch up with feet
- Needs to develop quicker, stronger first strike with hands
- Works around blocks rather than controlling them
- Uninspiring lateral rush quickness on twists
- Underdeveloped rush moves and counters
Sources Tell Us
"He had to play with a something like five different defensive line coaches while he was there and many were way different with how they asked him to play. He will get much better with stability." -- Former UC staff member
"He had to play with a something like five different defensive line coaches while he was there and many were way different with how they asked him to play. He will get much better with stability." -- Former UC staff member
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