Tory Horton helped the Seattle Seahawks snap a long drought.
And it was a special moment for the rookie wide receiver, too, doing something that hadn't been done in Seattle since a certain DK Metcalf did it.
The accomplishment: Horton got into the end zone on the Seahawks' opening drive Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Seattle had gone without a touchdown on their opening drive in each of their last 22 games.
The last time they had an opening drive TD? Dec. 10, 2023 on a DK Metcalf touchdown catch.
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Metcalf, of course, now plays for the Steelers, who are opposing the Seahawks on Sunday.
Horton ran down the middle of the field, then took a right turn and was wide open for Sam Darnold as defensive attention went to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Darnold delivered it on the money from 21 yards out.
It's a great rise for Horton, who was the lowest-drafted WR to start in Week 1, a fifth-round pick.
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 he's in the end zone.
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