Jaycee Horn

Carolina Panthers

Pos CB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

85.0 MODEL

2022

81.5

2023

78.2

2024

87.2

2025

84.5

2026

85.0

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

2024 Pro Bowl plus three straight tier 2-3 STTM finishes (#11, #23, #15) puts Horn in the structural top-25 CB class. The 24-spot regression from tier 2 (#15) in 2024 to tier 5 (#39) in 2025 flags either injury, scheme shift, or one-year context spike. The South Carolina 8th overall draft pedigree plus NFL-family bloodline gives him real career foundation. The 2026 question is whether Horn earns his second Pro Bowl plus returns to tier 2 territory or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Horn came out of South Carolina as the Carolina Panthers' 1st-round pick (8th overall) in 2021, the son of former NFL Pro Bowl WR Joe Horn. He made the 2024 Pro Bowl after consistently anchoring the Panthers' CB rotation. His STTM career runs tier 2 (#11) in 2022, tier 3 (#23) in 2023, tier 2 (#15) in 2024 Pro Bowl, and tier 5 (#39) regression in 2025.

Strengths

2024 Pro Bowl plus three straight tier 2-3 STTM finishes plus 8th overall draft pedigree establishes structural top-25 CB ceiling.
South Carolina pedigree plus NFL-family bloodline (Joe Horn) gives him real career foundation.

Concerns

24-spot regression from tier 2 (#15) in 2024 to tier 5 (#39) in 2025 flags either injury, scheme shift, or one-year context spike.
Carolina's broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Horn.

What to watch: Whether Horn earns his second Pro Bowl in 2026 plus returns to tier 2 (top 15), the threshold for confirming the 2024 ceiling was structural.

Comps

Overall match

size, testing and production, same career stage

Patrick Surtain ’0358%Sean Murphy-Bunting ’2256%Pat Surtain II ’2456%

Plays like

on-field production only

Dre' Bly ’0188%Alphonso Smith ’1087%Donte Jackson ’2486%

Built like

measurables only, his size

Chidobe Awuzie87%Christian Gonzalez86%Deonte Banks81%

Coming out

pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his

Jamel Dean ’1979%C.J. Henderson ’2071%Byron Maxwell ’1169%

Of his 20 closest coming out: 3 stars, 8 starters, 6 backups, 3 didn't stick.

Jaycee Horn Injury StatusIR

Jaycee Horn is listed on injured reserve (Quadriceps), reported Sep 30, with a return date of Nov 15. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.