CARDS: Leaf Rookies & Stars 2004, Leaf Rookies & Stars 2005
ACQUIRED: 2025, Paid Signing
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
- Joe Horn played WR at tiny Itwamba Community College in Mississippi.
- He caught 54 passes for 878 yards and 7 TDs and moonlighted as a PR.
- Did not play football for two years after leaving college.
- Eventually he caught the attention of the CFL in 1994 during their CFLUSA Invasion.
- He’d be initially signed by the Baltimore Stallions and then the Shreveport Pirates, before landing on the roster of the Memphis Mad Dogs in 1995.
- Horn had an outstanding season in the CFL catching 71 passes for 1415 yards.
- The Chiefs drafted Horn in the 5th round of the 1996 NFL Draft.
- He’d toil away for the next 4 seasons with the Chiefs only starting 2 contests.
- Signed with the Saints in 2000 where he’d establish himself as a true receiving threat.
- Horn caught 94 passes for 1340 yards and 8 TDs that season.
- He followed up his first thousand yard season with 1265, 1312, and 973 over the next 3 seasons.
- In 2004, Joe had 94 catches for a career high 1399 yards and 11 TDs.
- As injuries began to take their toll on Horn, his numbers decreased to a point the Saints asked him to take a pay cut.
- Released after the 2006 season, Horn finished second in receiving yards and receptions, while setting the franchise mark for receiving TDs with 50 in 7 seasons.
- Played one final cash grab season with the Falcons in 2007 catching 27 passes for 243 yards and a TD to close out his career.
- Sells his own BBQ sauce called Bayou 87.
- Also coaches WR at Northeast Community College.
ACCOLADES:
- Saints Hall of Fame 2020
- Pro Bowl 2000-’02, ’04
NOTES:
I had wanted Horn for a while and being that he doesn’t sign TTM when he came cheap, I didn’t hesitate at participating in this signing which also included Rickey Jackson.
Horn is most notoriously known for pulling out a cell phone from underneath a goalpost after scoring a TD during a 2003 Monday Night Football Game.