Jimmy Horn Jr.

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 37 catches, 441 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Colorado · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 170 lb · Sanford, FL

CFB Index 45 · #240 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceCarolina — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 32, #208 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 864 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 37 catches, 441 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2021.
Transferred from South Florida to Colorado in 2023.
Drafted round 6 by the Carolina in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado, 1,967 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #208 overall by Carolina.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 198 yds vs North Dakota State.North Dakota State · W 31-262024

202112 games

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Seminole

202210 games

All-AACfirst

202312 games

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Carolinaround 6, pick 208

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#864 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #208

Carolina · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

2023–2024

Deion Sanders

Colorado

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

#208Rd 6 · Pick 32

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #240 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (83rd percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#189 / 610 · 69th pct

94.4%

EPA / target#439 / 610 · 28th pct

0.67

Explosive rate#480 / 610 · 21st pct

8.3%

Yards / catch#493 / 610 · 19th pct

9.2

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#91 / 541 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Receptions#208 / 541 · 61st pct

Rec yards#241 / 541 · 56th pct

441

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#355 / 541 · 34th pct

11.9

Rush yards#224 / 299 · 23rd pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

39th → 28th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 21st percentile

Catch rate

44th → 69th percentile

TD rate

62nd → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 19th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	68.6	12.5	0.2
Road5g	2.8	19.6	6.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	50.6	9.9	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	29.0	10.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #240 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Colorado	37	441	11.9	1	--
2023	Colorado	58	567	9.8	6	--
2022	South Florida	37	551	14.9	3	--
2021	South Florida	30	408	13.6	1	--
Career		162	1,967	12.1	11	--

Season	Team
2024	Colorado	1	3	210	72	--
2023	Colorado	2	18	173	18	--
2022	South Florida	9	95	209	--	--
2021	South Florida	5	12	114	--	--
Career		17	128	706	90	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 31–26

vs North Dakota State

7 rec · 198 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Sanders — 445 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.8 · 17 rush yds (6 car) · T. Hunter — 7 rec · 132 yds · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · North Dakota State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +5.74Jimmy Horn Jr. 69 Yd pass from Shedeur Sanders (Alejandro Mata Kick)
Week 1 · North Dakota State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 41 yds to the NDSU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Nebraska · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 11 yds to the NEB 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Cincinnati · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 9 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Dakota State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UCF · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 10 yds to the UCF 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Colorado State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.82Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 14 yds to the CSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UCF · 3&21 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 15 yds to the UCF 36
Week 1 · BYU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.44Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 1 yd to the BYU 38 for a 1ST down BYU Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the BYU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Dakota State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Jimmy Horn Jr. for 16 yds to the COLO 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-26vs North Dakota State	7	198	28.3	1	69	Season-high 198 yds
Wk 2	L 10-28@ Nebraska	3	26	8.7	0	11
Wk 3	W 28-9@ Colorado State	4	22	5.5	0	14
Wk 4	W 38-31vs Baylor	4	40	10.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 48-21@ UCF	5	41	8.2	0	15
Wk 7	L 28-31vs Kansas State	3	20	6.7	0	12
Wk 8	W 34-7@ Arizona	2	9	4.5	0	10
Wk 9	W 34-23vs Cincinnati	5	78	15.6	0	47
Wk 11	W 41-27@ Texas Tech	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 14-36vs BYU	4	7	1.8	0	3
Total		37	441	9.9	1	69

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jimmy Horn Jr.

202112 games

202210 games

202312 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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