Amateur career
Horton grew up in Norman,Oklahoma,and attended Norman High School,where he played baseball and football. [1] Horton committed to play college baseball at Oklahoma and to join the school's football team as a walk-on. [2] In his senior football season,he passed for 3,084 yards and 26 touchdowns with seven interceptions and also rushed for 1,149 yards and 15 touchdowns. [3] Horton was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year in baseball after batting .375 in five games before the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19. [4]
Horton tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow prior to the start of his freshman season (2021),requiring him to undergo Tommy John surgery and redshirt the year. [5] He then began his redshirt freshman season playing third base and occasionally pitching in relief while he was still recovering from his elbow surgery. [6] Horton was later moved to the Sooners' starting rotation. [7] He reached the 2022 Men's College World Series with the Sooners,where he started in two games. In the MCWS Finals game versus Ole Miss he registered a career high 13 strikeouts in 7.1 innings. [8]
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