Latest on Seahawks rookie camp star Tory Horton leaving preseason game
A star of Seahawks training camp just had his first setback in the NFL.
His coach didn’t make it sound too serious.
Rookie wide receiver Tory Horton left the Seahawks’ 33-16 preseason win over the Kansas City Chiefs Friday night. The fifth-round draft choice who has been on the starting offense in training camp was in the locker room at Lumen Field during the second half. He returned to the field without his shoulder pads and helmet after appearing to injure his ankle on a catch and run for 12 yards in the first half.
“Yeah, Tory got a little bit of ankle (injury),” coach Mike Macdonald said.
“He could’ve gone back in. We just shut him down. He wanted to go back in. That was my call.”
Horton came up limping slightly after catching a short pass outside from Drew Lock in the second quarter. It was his lone catch in two targets playing the first half.
The play came on a roll-out pass in a three tight-end formation new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is using a lot this month.
Horton walked back from the locker room to the Seahawks’ sideline with assistants on each side of him during the second half. He was wearing a team cap, his jersey and game pants without pads.
Horton had been a primary punt returner in practices this Seahawks training camp. After he left the game, wide receiver Jake Bobo returned a punt 20 yards.
Horton missed most of his final college season at Colorado State last fall with a knee injury in mid-October. It required season-ending surgery. Without that, many felt he would have been a second-round pick in this year’s draft.
Not even five months after the injury and surgery, Horton ran the 40-yard dash in 4.41 seconds at the NFL scouting combine. He said this month that run came when he was perhaps 70% healthy.
He’s been zooming this month in Seattle’s training camp. He’s been the third wide receiver with Cooper Kupp and Jaxon Smith-Njigba on the starting offense, catching passes from new quarterback Sam Darnold. Horton has been ahead of 30-year-old veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling most of this month.
Horton caught a touchdown pass from Drew Lock last week in the Seahawks’ first preseason game, against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Seahawks players have a day off Saturday. They return to the field Sunday for practice. The team leaves Wednesday for Wisconsin to have a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers Thursday. Those teams play their final preseason game next weekend, Saturday, Aug. 23, at Lambeau Field.
This story was originally published August 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM.
