Dylan Horton

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft...Placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list on Nov. 23, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft...Placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list on Nov. 23, 2023.

2023 Houston (10/0):

• Saw action at defensive end and on special teams, racking up one tackle for loss in Week 1 at Baltimore (9/10)
• Played in 15 defensive snaps and five special teams snaps vs. the Colts in Week 2 (9/17)
• Had a pair of solo tackles in the Week 3 win at Jacksonville (9/24)
• Logged a pair of combined tackles (one solo), including his first career tackle for loss in the Week 4 win vs. Pittsburgh (10/1)
• Recorded a new single-game high in tackles in Week 5 at Atlanta (10/8), finishing with a pair of solo tackles in addition to a fumble recovery
• Recovered his first career fumble recovery when DT Khalil Davis knocked the ball out of Falcons RB Bijan Robinson's hands in the third quarter
• Saw game action (26 snaps) and action on special teams (eight snaps) in Week 6 vs. New Orleans (10/15)
• Recorded one combined tackle in Week 8 at Carolina (10/29)
• Logged one tackle in Week 9 vs. Tampa Bay (11/5)
• Finished with one combined tackle and one quarterback hit in the Week 10 win at Cincinnati (11/12)
• Recorded a new single-game high in tackles in Week 11 vs. Arizona (11/19), finishing with three tackles (one solo)

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 tackles 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