Vernon Broughton stats

Saints

Defensive Tackle · #91

Age 25 · 6' 5" · 311 lbs

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Vernon Broughton recorded 15 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the New Orleans Saints. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
15
SOLO
4
AST
11
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
1
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025NO13030.0000
2026NO7154110.0001

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
8
TOT
18
SOLO
4
AST
14
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
1

Per game

GP
7
TOT
2.1
SOLO
0.6
AST
1.6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025NO13.00.030.0000.0
2026NO72.10.61.60.0000.1

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.3
SOLO
0.5
AST
1.8
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
25 yearsJul 15, 2001
Height
6' 5"
Weight
311 lbs
Experience
2 years
Birthplace
Houston, TX
Draft
2025Rd 3, Pk 71
College
Texas
Salary
$1.14 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 120 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Tackles15

    Higher than 39% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 84% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Solo Tackles4

    Higher than 16% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

Vernon Broughton

Nov 08 · vs CLE · W 23-22 OT

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

56% of his club's defensive snaps a game (265 in 7 games); 44% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1DET5268%5
2BAL3357%3
3LV4057%5
4ATL3053%7
6NYG4052%3
7PIT3859%4
9CLE3244%4

NFL snap counts, every player

2025 NFL combine

DT, 6'5", 311 lb · Texas

He was measured but ran no drills. The 2025 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs CARSun, Nov 15

Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsCLEW 23-22 OT1100
Sun, Oct 25vsPITL 16-104100
Sun, Oct 18atNYGW 34-274100
Mon, Oct 05vsATLL 45-241000
Sun, Sep 27vsLVL 35-271000
Sun, Sep 20atBALW 24-171000

What are Vernon Broughton's career stats?

Vernon Broughton has played 2 seasons for the Saints. He has recorded 18 tackles. His best season so far is 2026: 15 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 3 vs SF on Sep 14, 2025, L 26-21
Vernon Broughton's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20263
20253

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2025.

Vernon Broughton college stats

Vernon Broughton played 5 seasons at Texas Longhorns (2020 to 2024): 70 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Vernon Broughton's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Texas Longhorns220010000
2021Texas Longhorns51400.50000
2022Texas Longhorns752000000
2023Texas Longhorns17710110000
2024Texas Longhorns392415242000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Vernon Broughton's college game log.

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