A well-traveled defensive tackle who bounced from Penn State to Purdue to Texas before signing with Kansas City as an undrafted free agent on a $3.11 million deal.
Cole Brevard's college career covered three programs and three conferences before he landed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent. At 6-foot-3 and 346 pounds, he offers the kind of interior size teams look for on the defensive line, even if his final college production stayed modest.
Path to the league
Brevard attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School before transferring to Carmel High School in Indiana, where he was rated a four-star recruit with offers from programs including Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame. He began his college career at Penn State, barely playing across two seasons, then transferred to Purdue for three years before a final season at Texas in 2025. He went undrafted in 2026 and signed a three-year, $3.11 million contract with Kansas City.
Career highlights
Brevard's most productive stretch came at Purdue, where he recorded 38 tackles, including 9 for loss, 2.5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries over three seasons after transferring from Penn State. The interior lineman's massive frame, listed near 345 pounds, made him a persistent run-stuffing presence even as his snap counts varied across three different programs.
2025 season recap
In his lone season at Texas, Brevard recorded 18 tackles and two pass deflections, including two tackles in the season opener against Ohio State. The modest final-season workload came in a rotational role for a deep Longhorns defensive line, and he went unselected in the 2026 draft before signing with Kansas City as an undrafted free agent.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Cole Brevard
- Yahoo Sports: 2026 NFL Draft profile: Texas DT Cole Brevard
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive Tackle
- Group
- defense
- College
- Texas
- Hometown
- Carmel, IN, USA
- Age
- 24
- Status
- active
