Dylan Horton

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. Horton was an all-district football and basketball player at Frisco High School in Texas before signing with New Mexico for 2018, when he played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker (13 tackles, 1.5 for loss) after adding 20 pounds. Horton started five games for the Lobos in 2019 (23 tackles, 2.5 for loss with 1.5 sacks) but missed the rest of the season with an ankle injury. Transferring back home to TCU for 2020, he played in eight games off the bench (eight tackles, one sack). Horton led the Horned Frogs with nine tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with four sacks in 2021 (51 total stops), garnering honorable mention All-Big 12 honors. He was an honorable mention all-conference selection in 2022, as well, tying for eighth in the FBS with 10.5 sacks among his team-leading 15 tackles for loss (52 total stops) in 15 starts. -- by Chad Reuter

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft

COLLEGE:

• Spent three seasons (2020-22) at TCU, where he played in 35 games and recorded 108 total tackles (69 solo), including 24.5 tackles for loss and 15.0 sacks. Additionally, he recorded four passes defensed and two forced fumbles
• Spent two seasons at New Mexico, where he played in 17 games for the Lobos and totaled 36 tackles, four takcles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• In 2022, set a College Football Playoff record with 4.0 sacks in the semifinal win over Michigan
• His first sack against the Wolverines came on a Michigan 4th-and-goal from the 2 on the game's opening series

PERSONAL:

• Earned first-team All-District 13-5A honors as a safety
• Lettered in basketball and received all-district accolades
• Competed in the long jump and high jump in track and field