Derrin Horton is an American sportscaster based in Los Angeles, California. He is a sports anchor for KTLA. Horton has also been a play-by-play announcer and anchor for ESPN and Fox Sports Net. He is also a network and TV affiliate voiceover actor.
Horton was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Queens, New York. [1] He graduated from the Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York in 1986. [2]
Horton attended S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and graduated in 1991. [3] At Syracuse, he worked at the student-run WAER station & Citrus TV, calling Syracuse Orange sports. [1]
Horton became a sportscaster for KCAL-TV in Los Angeles in 1998. [4] [5] This was before the CBS Corporation duopoly started and KCAL and KCBS consolidated their on-air and production teams.
He joined NFL Network at the start of the 2004 NFL season where he currently serves as an anchor, reporter and host. Horton provides in-depth interviews, post-game reports, and sideline reports for the Network. He also serves as the host and narrator for the Network's documentary series NFL Top 10 .
Horton was also on an episode of Spike TV's Pros VS. Joes, in which he lost in overtime to Sal Masekela. [1]
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