RENTON, Wash. (AP) — It was around Week 3 last season that Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton felt something was wrong with his shin. That didn’t stop Horton from returning a punt 95 yards for a touchdown in the third game of his rookie season, or hauling in two touchdown catches against the Washington Commanders in November. But, Horton knew he was playing through an injury, and learned there was a crack in his shin after getting his leg checked out. Horton underwent surgery on his leg in February after missing the second half of the 2025 season, and had a metal rod inserted into it. “I felt like I let the team down a bit, not being able to go back out there as much as I wanted,” Horton said Friday. “There were times I still tried to go out there and run some routes and the trainers had to tell me to take it easy. Dealing with a bone thing, you have to let that heal.”
The plan was originally for Horton to return during the Seahawks’ Super Bowl run, but that never transpired. Horton is again a full participant six days into Seahawks training camp. He is part of a crowded wide receiver room, though, one that includes reigning AP Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba, veteran Cooper Kupp and fellow speedster Rashid Shaheed, who signed a $51 million, three-year contract in March. “It’s a lot of things out there that we’re trying to combine, see our roles and see how much weapons and power we’ve got on the field,” Horton said. “There’s a lot of things that we’ve got in the bag that we can switch it up from and I feel like it’s an exciting thing to have that.”
