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Defensive back, South Carolina, 2018–⁠20

Jaycee Horn

Number: No. 1
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 205 lb
Class (2020): Junior
Hometown: Alpharetta, GA
Born: Nov 26, 1999

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Jaycee Horn played defensive back at South Carolina (2018–⁠20). The Carolina Panthers took Horn in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 40; Tackles, 2018 (South Carolina, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 8; Overall, 2021 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

2interceptions, career highvs. Auburn, 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠64–⁠82–⁠8

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2018	South Carolina	40	27	4	2	0	6
2019	South Carolina	40	29	2	1	0	9
2020	South Carolina	16	10	1	0	2	6
Career		96	66	7	3	2	21

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	South Carolina	1	DB	Fr.
2019	South Carolina	1	DB	So.
2020	South Carolina	1	DB	Jr.	6′1″	205

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 South Carolina 7 games, 16 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 26	vs.Tennessee	L 27–⁠31	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 3	atFlorida	L 24–⁠38	5	2	0	0	1
Oct 10	atVanderbilt	W 41–⁠7	1	1	0	0	1
Oct 17	vs.Auburn	W 30–⁠22	3	2	0	2	4
Oct 24	atLSU	L 24–⁠52	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Texas A&M	L 3–⁠48	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 14	atOle Miss	L 42–⁠59	1	1	1	0	0

2019 South Carolina 12 games, 40 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.North Carolina	L 20–⁠24	5	3	1	1	1
Sep 7	vs.Charleston Southern	W 72–⁠10	2	1	1	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Alabama	L 23–⁠47	1	0	0	0	2
Sep 21	atMissouri	L 14–⁠34	1	0	0	0	1
Sep 28	vs.Kentucky	W 24–⁠7	2	2	0	0	2
Oct 12	atGeorgia	W 20–⁠17	7	6	0	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Florida	L 27–⁠38	5	2	0	0	1
Oct 26	atTennessee	L 21–⁠41	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Vanderbilt	W 24–⁠7	4	3	0	0	1
Nov 9	vs.App State	L 15–⁠20	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 16	atTexas A&M	L 6–⁠30	4	3	0	0	1
Nov 30	vs.Clemson	L 3–⁠38	5	5	0	0	0

2018 South Carolina 10 games, 40 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.Coastal Carolina	W 49–⁠15	3	2	1	1	0
Sep 8	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠41	5	5	1	0	0
Sep 22	atVanderbilt	W 37–⁠14	4	3	0	0	1
Sep 29	atKentucky	L 10–⁠24	4	2	0	0	0
Oct 6	vs.Missouri	W 37–⁠35	3	2	0	0	4
Oct 13	vs.Texas A&M	L 23–⁠26	7	6	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Tennessee	W 27–⁠24	4	2	1	0	1
Nov 10	atFlorida	L 31–⁠35	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Chattanooga	W 49–⁠9	1	1	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Virginia	L 0–⁠28	6	3	1	1	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′0¾″
Weight	205 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	77¼″
40-yard dash	4.40 s
10-yard split	1.55 s
Vertical jump	41½″
Broad jump	11′1″
Bench press	19 reps

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 55 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2024–⁠25) · First-team All-Pro: 2025

All-Pro teams: Sporting News first team 2025.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	Carolina Panthers	3	5	0	1
2022	Carolina Panthers	13	51	0	3
2023	Carolina Panthers	6	24	0	0
2024	Carolina Panthers	15	62	2	1
2025	Carolina Panthers	15	36	0	5
2026 (so far)	Carolina Panthers	3	6	0	0
NFL career		55	184	2	10

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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