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Tory Horton — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 8.14 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 199.8, usage worth 4.7.

23 years old · 1 season of experience · 2025 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 199.8
Consensus across 2 books, standard deviation 40.9, 57.9 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on sleeper, priciest on espn.
SLEEPER228.7
ESPN170.8
UNDERDOG213.2
FFA233

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 17, pick 8 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankWR157
ADP standard deviation40.9 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 99.5 points, 6.1 per game — 35.1 catches, 458 yards, 3.1 TDs. That is WR6, 223 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 4 points per game to a ceiling of 9.9, with the median at 6.1. Boom rate 64%, bust rate 33%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 199.8 on consensus and our board has him 223. We rank him 23.2 picks worse than the room drafts him. At that distance it is a fade: we do not want him anywhere near his ADP.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Seattle Seahawks returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing rb1, oc. Sam Darnold at quarterback, Mike Macdonald as head coach, Brian Fleury calling it. The offense projects to 30.4 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 28.4 rushes.

In: Rashid Shaheed (wr2), Emmanuel Henderson Jr (wr6), Levi Wentz (wr7), Jadarian Price (rb1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb3). Out: Rasheed Shaheed (wr2), Kenneth Walker III (rb1), Zach Charbonett (rb2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 3.6%, with a bear case of 1.4% and a bull case of 5.4%.

The projected target split across the offense:

Jaxon Smith-Njigba27.3%
Cooper Kupp15.3%
AJ Barner11.9%
Rashid Shaheed10.8%
Jadarian Price9%
Emmanuel Henderson Jr6.2%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: High powered offense that SHOULD be ok without OC Klint Kubiak (could possibly be a concern). Capable of putting up 40 points any game.

Key additions: Extended WR Rashid Shaheed on 3 year deal. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson from Packers in free agency (HIGHLY CAPABLE BACKUP), Drafted RB Jadarian Price in the 1st round from ND.

Key departures: SuperBowl MVP RB Kenneth Walker III left for Chiefs in free agency. OC Klint Kubiak left to become Raiders HC this offseason.

Notes: RB Price round 1 RB. with Charbonnet recovering from torn ACL. Lose OC Kubiak to Raiders. JSN top dynasty asset (ELITE). Shaheed could see expanded role in 2026 with full offseason with team. Charbonnet has never truly broken out & torn ACL places concern on productivity when back from injury. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson in free agency & he could really hurt Price production early (this is a real concern). Cooper Kupp is dust & totally cooked. Tory Horton could be a break out candidate in 2026. Darnold needs to be rostered in all formats & decent low end QB1 with a high powered offense.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Sam Darnold returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.2 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.4 att/g; New OC Brian Fleury — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How that share projection was built

Depth/practice piece (holdover_no_qualifying_multi_year_sample) — slot prior 4.0% baseline.

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: SEA rates 25 against a league average of 23, 2 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season+0.6 · neutral
Weeks 1–6-0.2 · neutral
Weeks 12–17+1.1 · neutral
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-9.6 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20253Jaxon Smith-Njigba+3.9

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +15% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — pedigree-driven (limited evidence). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Dontayvion Wicks2023886%-0.5%
Marquez Callaway20204.775%+121.1%
A.T. Perry20237.672%-45%
Parker Washington20234.971%+42.9%
Khalil Shakir20237.170%+56%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 1 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0002026
Monthly superflex value, 2025-05 to 2026-07. Up 60% across the series, peaking at 3,550.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2025, round 5, pick 166 by SEA
CollegeColorado St.
Age at draft22
Height6′3″
Weight196 lb
40-yard dash4.41s
Vertical37.5″

The record, season by season

2025 · SEA · 8 games

His best game was Week 9 against WAS — 20.8 PPR on 4 targets and a 16.7% target share, in a game that finished 38-14. His worst was Week 7 against HOU at 0, on 3 targets, final score 27-19. Across 8 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 3; in the 3 decided by more, 16.7. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 4.7 points per game. He scored 8.14, 73.1% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF13-17000000%54%
2PIT31-1711.22432113.3%40%
3NO44-1318.23432120%49%
4ARI23-202121008.3%36%
5TB35-3812.93439111.8%49%
6JAX20-12001004.2%45%
7HOU27-190030010.3%39%
9WAS38-1420.84448216.7%73%

Production

Receptions13
Targets22
Receiving yards161
Touchdowns5
Points per game8.14
Yards per target7.32
Catch rate59.09%

Role

Snap share48.13%
Target share10.57%
Air-yards share16.89%
WOPR0.276
RACR0.5

Efficiency

Average depth of target15.3
Yards after catch per reception2.5
Yards before catch per reception9.8
Total YAC33
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted121.4
Receiving EPA per game1.28

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share5.1%
End-zone target share13.3%
Expected receiving TDs1.24
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.76

Who else ate

The offense threw it 481 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba35.82%
Cooper Kupp15.38%
A.J. Barner14.95%
Kenneth Walker7.91%
Rashid Shaheed5.71%
Elijah Arroyo5.71%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 8 games were blowouts, 59.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 19.5 in those and 2.98 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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