Tory Horton achieved a draft class milestone in Week 1.
The Seattle Seahawks' rookie wide receiver was the lowest-drafted WR to get a start in the season opener.
You can see that information in this awesome graphic from Anthony Reinhard:
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— Anthony Reinhard (@reinhardNFL) September 10, 2025
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The Seahawks picked Horton in the fifth round, No. 166 overall, out of Colorado State. No WR drafted lower was in a top-three depth chart spot in the first week of the season.
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.
And now Horton is an NFL starter.
The Seahawks pretty much only threw the ball to Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 1.
But Horton will get his chances to shine soon enough, and likely sooner than many would've expected.
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