Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/26Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (3.8%).
Kai Horton
Kai Horton is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Washington.
Horton operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 7 | 13 | 53.8% | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 117.2 | -- |
| 2024 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 175.6 | -- |
| 2023 | Tulane | 44 | 82 | 53.7% | 604 | 7.4 | 3 | 2 | 122.7 | 50 |
| 2022 | Tulane | 13 | 23 | 56.5% | 165 | 7.2 | 3 | 0 | 159.8 | -- |
| 2021 | Tulane | 8 | 19 | 42.1% | 88 | 4.6 | 0 | 3 | 49.4 | -- |
| Career | 73 | 138 | 52.9% | 964 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 118.7 | 50 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2024 | Tulane | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Tulane | 24 | −25 | −1.0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | Tulane | 6 | −20 | −3.3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | Tulane | 10 | −11 | −1.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Career | 48 | −47 | −1.0 | 4 | 14 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-10vs UC Davis | 3/5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 92.5 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Purdue | 2/3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 76.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
 Bowl | W 38-10vs Boise State | 1/3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 12.4 | |
| Total | 7/13 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | — |
Signature game
Week 2 · 2025
W 70-10
vs UC Davis
50 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 21 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 60-point win at home against UC Davis.
With D. Williams Jr. — 254 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.1 · 64 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · D. Boston — 5 rec · 50 yds
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.99K.Horton sacked for loss of 11 yards (S.Lane II)
- Week 2 · UC Davis · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Kai Horton run for 10 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
- Week 12 · Purdue · 3rd and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.46K.Horton rush left for 2 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 2 · UC Davis · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.27Kai Horton pass complete to Chris Lawson for 22 yds to the UCD 36 for a
- Week 12 · Purdue · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.10K.Horton rush right for 14 yards gain (S.Ellis), out of bounds
- Week 1 · Boise State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Horton to Evans: a 10-yard pass.
4 more plays
- Week 13 · UCLA · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.91K.Horton sacked for loss of 9 yards (C.Cogshell)
- Week 2 · UC Davis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.22Kai Horton pass complete to Justice Williams for 14 yds to the WASH 39 for a
- Week 12 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.02Horton to DeGraaf: a 25-yard pass.
- Week 12 · Purdue · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA −0.99K.Horton sacked for loss of 8 yards (M.Powell)
Teams and coaches
2021Tulane2-10HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
2023Tulane11-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 43.5 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 30.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 19.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Pass share
44.9%
370 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
13 pass attempts and 8 carries in 4 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Starter
The No. 1,284 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Big Ten as a senior.
Five seasons, two schools
- 2025 Washington FischYear 5 · 4 games
- Jan 2025 Entered the transfer portalTulane to Washington
- 2024 Tulane SumrallYear 4 · 1 game
- Dec 2023 Entered the transfer portal
- 2023 Tulane FritzYear 3 · 4 games
- 2022 Tulane FritzYear 2 · 4 games
- 2021 Tulane FritzYear 1 · 4 games
- High school CarthageCarthage, TX · Class of 2021Three-star, No. 1,284 in the 2021 class. Signed with Tulane.
Moves
- Entered the transfer portal from Tulane, Dec 9, 2023.
- Transferred from Tulane to Washington, Jan 28, 2025.
2021 4 games
- Signed with TulaneThree-star, out of Carthage
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portalfrom Tulane
2025 4 games
The role got bigger.
- Transferred to Washingtonfrom Tulane
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Willie Fritz, Jon Sumrall and Jedd Fisch.