Tory Horton

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fresno, Calif.
High School:
Washington Union
Prev School:
Nevada

Career Highs

Catches: 16 at Colorado, Sept. 16, 2023
Yards: 227 vs. Utah Tech, Sept. 30, 2023
Long: 85 at Fresno State, Dec. 5, 2020
TDs: 3 vs. Fresno State, Dec. 5, 2020; vs. Middle Tennessee, Sept. 10, 2022; vs. Utah Tech, Sept. 30, 2023
Notes: Played in 30 games for Colorado State, scoring 20 touchdowns (17 rec; 1 pass; 3 punt)

Career Summary: Transferring to Colorado State from Nevada to stay with Coach Norvell and Company ahead of the 2021 season, Tory Horton has gone down in the record books as one of the best wide receivers to come through Fort Collins. After back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons, Tory decided to use his COVID season and exhaust his collegiate eligibility in the Green and Gold in 2024. Unfortunately, he had an unexpected end to his collegiate career, suffering an injury in the Mountain West opener against San Jose State. Tory will still go down as one of the best wide receivers in Colorado State history and in the Mountain West. He was a game shy of setting a handful of marks in both record books, including receptions and yards.

Awards and Honors

• Team Captain - 2023, 2024
• NFL Scouting Combine Invite (2024)
• Reese's Senior Bowl Invite (2023, 2024)
• Preseason Third Team All-American, Athlon (2024)
• Preseason Second Team All-American, Phil Steel (2024)
• All-Mountain West, Preseason (League, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List (2024)
• Fred Biletnikoff Award Watch List (2023, 2024)
• Maxwell Award Watch List (2023, 2024)
• William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2024)

• Paul Hornung Award Watch List (2023)
• All-Mountain West, First Team (League, 2023)
• All-Mountain West, Second Team (PR) (League, 2023)
• All-Mountain West, Preseason (PR) (League, 2023)

• All-Mountain West, First Team (League & PFF, 2022)
• All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention (PR) (League, 2022)

at Colorado State

Graduate, 2024: (6/5):
• Started in five of the first six games of the season
• Suffered a collegiate ending injury in the Mountain West opener against San Jose State
• Finished his career 35 yards off the Mountain West record
• Appeared in the final play of the last game of the season in Canvas Stadium
• Returned a punt for a touchdown against Northern Colorado

Senior, 2023: (12/12):
• Led the team with 96 receptions for 1,136 yards and eight touchdowns
• Averaged 94.7 receiving yards per game
• Recorded 10 total touchdowns including one passing and one punt return touchdown
• Had a season best of 227 yards and three touchdowns in a win against Utah Tech
• Led the Mountain West in receptions per game with eight
• Second in the Mountain West in receiving yards per game with 94.67
• Ranked top 10 in the Mountain West in all-purpose yards and touchdowns

Junior, 2022 (12/12):
• Finished with 71 catches for 1,131 and eight touchdowns
• His yardage ranked eighth in program history, his catches 10th for a single season
• Had a season-best 10 catches for 131 yards in the finale with New Mexico
• Had a season-best 196 yards at San Jose State
• Had five 100-yard receiving games
• Had 11 punt returns for 171 yards
• Returned a punt 72 yards for a TD against Wyoming

Before Colorado State

• Spent two seasons at Nevada where he appeared in 21 games
• Totaled 72 receptions for 995 yards and 10 touchdowns
• Had four receptions for 113 yards and two touchdowns the final week of the regular season at Colorado State
• Recorded his career-long reception of 85 yards his true freshman year against Fresno State, part of a five-catch, 148-yard, three-touchdown performance

Personal/High School

• Prepped at Washington Union where he was a three-sport standout in football, basketball, and baseball
• Named league MVP and first team selection as a senior
• Parents are Tim and Zezette Horton
• Youngest of five siblings
• His sister, Jeane, plays volleyball professionally overseas after a highly decorated, All-American career at UTEP
• His brother, Tyler, was a two-time, first team All-MW cornerback at Boise State.