Former wide receiver at Colorado State. 2024: 25 catches, 331 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′2″ · 190 lb · Fresno, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 2622 nationally · Signed with Nevada
Career night9 rec · 186 yds · 3 TDvs Middle Tennessee (FBS) · L 19-34
Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.
Nope, I do want Horton back thor/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Colorado State. 2024: 25 catches, 331 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Tory Horton
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jay Norvell and Vai Taua. He has been named All-Mountain West three seasons running, most recently in 2024. The receipt on tape: 158 rec yds, 9 receptions against Oregon State, Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado State, 3,593 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #166 overall by Seattle.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.7 | 47.3 | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 94.5 | 11.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 66.2 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado State | 25 | 331 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 96 | 1,136 | 11.8 | 8 | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 71 | 1,131 | 15.9 | 8 | -- |
| 2021 | Nevada | 52 | 659 | 12.7 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | Nevada | 20 | 336 | 16.8 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 264 | 3,593 | 13.6 | 27 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado State | 1 | 22 | -- | 105 | 1 |
| 2023 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | 147 | 1 |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 2 | 6 | -- | 171 | 1 |
| 2021 | Nevada | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Nevada | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 28 | -- | 423 | 3 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 38–17
22 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 21-point win at home against Northern Colorado.
With B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 180 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · P. Turner — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-52@ Texas | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-17vs Northern Colorado | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-28vs Colorado | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-39@ Oregon State | 9 | 158 | 17.6 | 1 | 52 | Season-high 158 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 31-24vs San José State | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 25 | 331 | 13.6 | 1 | 52 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Stephon Johnson Jr.’s 2024 season.
Matches Stephon on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Malik Murray’s path through East Tennessee State.
Matches Malik on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Lawrence Arnold's graduate season at Kansas (2024).
Matches Lawrence on
Differs from Lawrence on
Player DNA