Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2020: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 16 tackles.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Alpharetta, GA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 209 nationally · Signed with South Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2020: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 16 tackles.
Jaycee Horn
This is his third year in the same secondary at South Carolina. 2020 brought the first one: All-SEC. The receipt: 5 tackles against Florida — Week 5, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #8 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 96 tackles — drafted at #8 overall by Carolina.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Will Muschamp.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
CarolinaEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Will Muschamp — 13-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles (27th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Carolina | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 40 | 29 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 40 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 66 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 21 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2020
W 30–22
vs Auburn
3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 4 PD
With K. Kroeger — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 53 LONG · K. Harris — 83 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 27-31vs Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 41-7@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-22vs Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ LSU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-48vs Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-59@ Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |