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Position | Wide receiver |
Class | Senior |
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Born: | Fresno, California |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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High school | Washington Union (Fresno, California) |
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Tory Horton is an American football wide receiver for the Colorado State Rams. He previously played for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
Horton attended Washington Union High School in Easton, California. In his high school career, Horton recorded 37 receptions for 821 yards and 15 touchdowns. [1] Horton committed to play college football at the University of Nevada, Reno, over offers from Montana, Montana State, and Northern Colorado.
As a freshman in 2020, Horton tallied 20 receptions for 336 yards and five touchdowns. [1] In his first career start against Fresno State, he posted five receptions for 148 yards and three touchdowns. [2] [3] After a sophomore campaign in which he compiled 629 yards and five touchdowns on 52 receptions, Horton entered the transfer portal. [4] Horton finished his tenure at Nevada with 72 receptions for 995 yards and ten touchdowns. [5] [6]
In December 2021, Horton announced that he would be transferring to Colorado State University. He began the 2022 season, with four touchdowns in the first four games of the season. [7] Horton finished the season with 1,131 yards, eight touchdowns, and 71 receptions, being named to the First-team All-Mountain West. [8] [9] [10] Entering the 2023 season, Horton is seen as a top wide receiver prospect in the 2024 NFL draft, and one of the best players in the Group of Five. [11] In August 2023, Horton was named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list. [12]
Henry Austin Ellard is an American former football wide receiver who played for the Los Angeles Rams (1983–1993), the Washington Redskins (1994–1998), and the New England Patriots (1998) of the National Football League (NFL). Ellard also qualified for the Olympic trials in 1992 in the triple jump, although he injured his hamstring during the Trials and did not make the team.
David Kent Anderson is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Houston Texans in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft. He played college football at Colorado State.
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Merritt James Norvell III is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Colorado State University, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Norvell served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 2017 to 2021. His father, Merritt Norvell, was the athletic director at Michigan State University from 1995 to 1998.
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Davante Lavell Adams is an American football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Born in East Palo Alto, California, Adams attended Palo Alto High School where he played football and basketball. He played two seasons of college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was named a second-team All-American in 2013 before being selected in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.
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The 2022 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University as a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Jay Norvell, the Rams compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing fifth in the MW's Mountain Division. Colorado State played home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado,
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