{"id":260110,"date":"2025-08-04T03:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/260110\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T03:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:28:24","slug":"jimmy-horn-jr-shining-at-panthers-camp-with-a-touchdown-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/260110\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Horn Jr. shining at Panthers camp with a touchdown grab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado<\/a> football currently has four receivers on NFL training camp rosters who were on the team last season. Other than the Jaguars’ Travis Hunter, the standout has been Carolina Panthers<\/a> rookie Jimmy Horn Jr.<\/p>\n

Horn was a sixth-round pick by the Panthers in the 2025 NFL draft, but after a fantastic offseason, he is looking like a steal of the draft.<\/p>\n

With his speed and toughness, Horn is everything a team would want out of a sixth-round receiver. In a recent mock scrimmage at Bank of America Stadium, Horn impressed once again, scoring the first touchdown for the second team offense.<\/p>\n

Horn was in motion before the snap and then snuck underneath, and quarterback Andy Dalton found him for an easy walk into the endzone. While it was not a typical go-ball that the speedy Horn should see plenty of this season, it was a play that Colorado ran a ton with Horn. Get him the ball in space and let his open-field ability do the rest.<\/p>\n

Panthers head coach Dave Canales has loved what he has seen from the rookie receiver so far.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s the energy he plays with,” said Canales to Panthers.com<\/a>. “He doesn’t quit on routes, he continues after the normal part of the protection he can count on, he continues to find space and play fast, and, it’s a credit to his fitness, but it’s also a credit to just the energy that he puts out there, that you want to throw to him.”<\/p>\n

While sixth-round picks are far from guaranteed to make the final 53-man roster, Horn’s performances through the offseason have made it almost a forgone conclusion that he makes Carolina’s final group.<\/p>\n

The Panthers and Shedeur Sanders, Cleveland Browns, will have joint practices this week before each team’s first preseason game on Friday, Aug. 8.<\/p>\n

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