Texas 4-star Defensive End Vernon Broughton Visiting Arkansas This Weekend

Just 10 days after cutting his top 6 and including the Hogs, 4-star defensive end Vernon Broughton is headed to the Hill for his second of five official visits. He's a top-of-the-board prospect for Arkansas but, naturally, the competition for him is stiff.

Broughton's last visit to Arkansas was for the elite prospect day on March 9. Since that visit to Fayetteville, which went very well, he's visited A&M and Texas two times each.

He took his official visit to Texas on May 3 and he has his next one set for Ohio State in June. Frankly, Arkansas getting a very valuable official visit from Broughton is an accomplishment. It gives Chad Morris and the staff a chance to recruit him on a more personal level and convince his family he'd excel on the Hill.

The 4-star was a Rivals 3-stripe camp MVP in Houston and he's punched his ticket to both The Opening Finals and Rivals 5-star Challenge where he'll compete to move up the rankings even further.

He has over 20 Division-I offers and he cut the list down to Texas, Arkansas, A&M, Ohio State, LSU and Alabama.

Stay locked on HawgBeat for a recap of Broughton's visit.

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