Damian Horton: DE · Florida Atlantic · #55.
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Damian Horton
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons in the Florida Atlantic defensive front to date. On tape: 4 tackles against UTSA, Week 13, 2019.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 21 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 26 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-45@ No. 5 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-48vs No. 18 UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31@ Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-7vs Wagner | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-36vs Marshall | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-26@ UTSA | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-17vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 49-6vs UAB | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
 Bowl | W 52-28vs SMU | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 15 · 2019
W 49-6
vs UAB
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 43-point win at home against UAB.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%2 sacksTFL rate
21%4 TFLHurry rate
14%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
40%2 of 5 pressures21 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Lane Kiffin — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
47.9%
502 pass / 545 run
Plays / game
74.8
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
542 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida Atlantic, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
