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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | January 16, 1972 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | New Haven, Connecticut | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Itawamba CC | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1996 / Round: 5 / Pick: 135 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 603 |
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Receiving yards: | 8,744 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 58 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Joseph Horn (born January 16, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver and current assistant coach at Northeast Mississippi Community College. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and also played for the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Memphis Mad Dogs of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Itawamba Community College.
Horn attended Douglas Byrd High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he played for legendary coach Bob Paroli. He stood out as a quarterback, tailback,wide receiver, and punter. He was only voted to the Mid-South 4A All-Star team as a punter. Horn was also a standout basketball player in which he started every game for the Douglas Byrd Eagles as a point guard. Horn originally signed with the University of South Carolina. However, his academic performance and SAT score were insufficient for Division I schools.
Horn played two years of college football (1991–1992) at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Mississippi. At Itawamba, he picked up 54 catches for 878 yards and seven touchdowns as a wide receiver and a punt returner. Still unable to qualify for Division I college football, he returned to Fayetteville and worked at a fast food restaurant and at a furniture factory.