David Broadus was a four-year letterwinner in basketball after joining the team as a walk-on. He became only the fourth player in school history to score over 1,000 points in his career and was the first Dragon to score 400 points in consecutive seasons.
An All-ECC Second Team pick and Lt. Loomis Award winner as the outstanding Drexel player in 1980, Broadus ended his career with 1371 career points and 694 rebounds. He was the ECAC Player of the Week seven times, an ECC Player of the Week pick five times and the Herb Good Player of the Week on three occasions.