The Seattle Seahawks appear to have landed a good one in the form of Tory Horton.
The rookie wide receiver has stood out so far this summer and is moving up the wide receiver depth chart.
In ESPN's Seahawks depth chart, Horton has officially moved onto the first-team offense with Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp. That pushes Marquez Valdes-Scantling onto the second team.
Horton had already gotten first-team reps ahead of his preseason debut, in which he caught three passes for 31 yards and a touchdown.
He has continued on the first-team offense this week.
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The Seahawks picked Horton in the fifth round, No. 166 overall, out of Colorado State.
He had begun his college career with two seasons at Nevada, including a 52-catch second campaign there. That set him up to transfer to Colorado State.
He spent three seasons with the Rams. In his first campaign with CSU, Horton led the Mountain West Conference with 1,131 receiving yards (on 71 catches with eight touchdowns).
Then in year two at Colorado State, Horton led the conference in catches, with 96, as he racked up another 1,136 yards and eight touchdowns.
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He had a stop-and-start 2024 in which he could only play six games, catching 26 passes for 353 yards and a single score.
That certainly didn't help Horton's draft value, but the Seahawks clearly liked what they saw from his body of work.
It didn't hurt that Horton ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine while vertical leaping 37.5 inches.
He's got the traits and the college production. And so far, he keeps flashing on the field.
If Horton keeps this up, he'll be a keeper in the long run for the Seahawks.
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