Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Purdue
E.J. Horton
WR • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
E.J. Horton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
29
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Marshall • West Virginia • Florida Atlantic • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
E.J. Horton built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Louisville, KY wearing No. 13, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Purdue, and West Virginia. The clearest part of E.J....
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- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
E.J. Horton, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue. E.J. Horton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 735
- Receptions
- 53
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
E.J. Horton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 735
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Palmetto Academy · Marshall
- High school pipeline
- Palmetto Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 289 receiving yards · WR 365th (top 34%) · Big Ten 62nd (top 22%) · National 456th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 2 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 55.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 6 | 12 | 186 | 1 | 62.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 6 | 10 | 201 | 1 | 64.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 27 | 289 | 1 | 69.5 |
Related Context
Keep exploring E.J. Horton
E.J. Horton played WR for Marshall, West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, and Purdue. Across 6 tracked seasons, E.J. Horton recorded 45 rushing yards, 735 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Purdue paired 289 primary output with 66.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 66.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
28.9
Efficiency
66.4
Usage
14.1
Consistency
64.7
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 38. Southern Illinois: 17. USC: 70. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 32. Rutgers: 17. Michigan: 34. Ohio State: 6. Washington: 34. Indiana: 41
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 3 by 84.4. Southern Illinois: 2 by 56.7. USC: 5 by 93.3. Minnesota: 1 by 0. Northwestern: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 1 by 100. Michigan: 5 by 45.3. Ohio State: 1 by 40. Washington: 3 by 75.6. Indiana: 4 by 68.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27.5 · Games = 2 · -1.8 vs Losses
Losses29.3 · Games = 8 · +1.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
100 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Indiana | L 3-56 | — | 4 | 41 | 6.4 | 10.30 | 0 | 28 |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Washington | L 13-49 | — | 3 | 34 | 16.3 | 11.30 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Ohio State | L 10-34 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Michigan | L 16-21 | — | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Rutgers | L 24-27 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Northwestern | L 0-19 | — | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Minnesota | L 20-27 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs USC | L 17-33 | — | 5 | 70 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Southern Illinois | W 34-17 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Ball State | W 31-0 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 14 |
Player Story
E.J. Horton story
E.J. Horton built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Louisville, KY wearing No. 13, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Purdue, and West Virginia. The clearest part of E.J. Horton's career was his receiving role: 53 catches, 735 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 45 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 45 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives E.J. Horton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Marshall
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Florida Atlantic
2024
Transition stop
- 4
Purdue
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 59 | 82.2 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 186 | 74.7 | 15.1 | 127 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 201 | 90 | 13.4 | 15 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | — | — | -201 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 289 | 66.4 | 14.1 | 289 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · L 34-48 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
79
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 16 USC
Week 3 · L 17-33 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
70
Receiving Yards
87.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#3
@ Georgia Southern
Week 12 · W 23-10 · Conference game
76
Receiving Yards
79.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 1 · W 49-7
30
Receiving Yards
72 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 10 · W 37-7 · Conference game
39
Receiving Yards
66.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
289 primary output · 66.4 efficiency · 14.1 usage
69.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
64.5
201 primary · 90 efficiency · 13.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Marshall
62.9
186 primary · 74.7 efficiency · 15.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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