FORT WORTH – Frisco head coach Jeff Harbert always knew that Dylan Horton would transform into something else. He’d known Horton as a skinny, 6-4 safety, but...
Horton’s journey to becoming TCU’s sack leader ahead of Monday’s title game against Georgia isn’t an ordinary one.
But this? A standout, 275-pound defensive lineman for a College Football Championship game-bound team? Could Harbert have fathomed it?Horton’s journey to becoming TCU’s sack leader ahead ofis unique in two ways.
A big reason, according to Feldman, was that Horton could run a 4.55 40-yard dash and could also vertical jump 38 inches – numbers that would’ve placed him favorably among both defensive linemen and edge rushers at last year’s NFL Combine.
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