April 26, 2025 • 15 mins
Clay Millen, who quarterbacked at Colorado State with Troy Horton and receiver, joins Chuck and Dad, Hugh, to talk about the Seahawks new wide receiver taken in the second round of the draft.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But let's spend a little more time talking about Tory Horton,
the wide receiver out of Colorado State. And for that
we need more than one million, Like, if we're gonna
break down Tory Horton, we need multiple millions here on
the radio program in order to do it.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
How are you I'm doing great, How are you doing good? Yeah,
good to be with you, Good to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Fun day.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
I think they got some really great picks. It's been
an interesting draft to say the least. But Tory Horton
is a guy that, uh, I think it will intrigue
Seahawk fans in many ways. And and we've got a
we got a guy that can talk about.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
It, an insider.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
We got an insider. Yeah, we got a deep throat insider.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yes, that's a that's a reference to Watergate. I think
I'm looking at some youngsters and over what are you taught,
deep throat? Where are we going with this?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You know? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, yeah, Well because you studied it. You're much too
young to know it.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
No, I studied.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Yeah, I'm smart. But for the second year in a row,
this has worked out crazy way. As Kale was teammate
with Christian Haynes.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Your end roommates.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, and then this year we get a Colorado State
player and then Clay when it was at Colorado State
was teammates.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, Hortant he is. Do we have him yet?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
He was. Yeah, he was the quarterback in twenty twenty two.
And how many andrews? How many yards did Tory Harton have?
I know it's over one thousand. It was in the
eleven eleven thirty one. And the guy that was delivering
him the football is our next guest, my youngest son
who's now on the Florida football team and down there
(01:40):
studying for a final. But we we we twisted his
arm and and he's going to give us a few minutes. Clay,
how you doing, buddy, I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well, thanks for being with us. We appreciate it. What
were you doing on a routine Saturday afternoon in Florida
that you can tell us about and Dad won't be.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yeah, well, actually I got finals coming up, so I've
actually been studying this week side and nothing crazy this week.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Like the keep lying for a second. Really, Uh, well,
hopefully you've had your eye a little bit on the
draft though, Seahawks took one of your old teammates. So
tell us about Tory Horton make Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I Mean, first off, I think he's a he's a
very competitive guy, you know.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
I mean, he cares a lot about winning and losing.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
You know, when the games on the line.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
You know, he's the type of guy that wants the ball.
I mean, he wants to go contribute, make make the
game winning play. I mean, you know, he really loves football.
Outside of that, you know, he's always had a professional
approach when it comes to his preparation on and off
the field. I mean, whether that be in the weight room,
i practice, and you know something that he kind of
did as he got older.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
You know a lot of the young guys in the wide.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Receiver room, you know, they really looked up to him,
and so he was able to kind of take those
guys in and kind of teach him the offense. And
that kind of goes into you know, his IQ. I
mean I think that him and Chim DK at Florida.
I mean those two have by far the highest IQ
have been around. I Mean, Tory really understands the game,
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you know, kind of more of a from a quarterbacks perspective,
I would say, I mean, I think he understands defenses.
He understands zone coverage, when to sit down in the zone,
you know, and just that helps him to get open
and finds soft spots in the defense. And he's uh,
you know, in the in the facility.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Is he's a super respected guy.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
I mean, you know, not just from his teammates, I
mean the coaching staff, the strength staff as well. You know,
everyone always looks up to him, cares about his opinion
just you know, not just because the person he is,
but you know how he prepares and his approach for everything,
you know, and as a receiver, you know, I think.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
He's a very polished route runner.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Uh he's fast, switchy, lengthy. You know, I think you're
in a four to four you know, just coming off
the back or injury last year, so he was, he
was out for most of the season and he was
able to come back, get healthy and still run that
four forth. But I think that shows a lot about
you know, how how he prepares, and you know a
lot about him as a player. I think you know,
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he's a he's a vertical threat to him and he's
very fast. He's able to track the ball very well.
He's got great hands, and I think I think he
can use his body really well.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
He's got great body control.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Remember I remember there was at the end of the season.
I'm I think, you know, we called him out and
up and I think he had the dB beat by
about a yard or two and he was able to
I think I undergrew it by about a yard or two,
and he was kind of able to.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Slow down to eighty percent and almost use the defender.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
He's able to kind of like box him out and
slow it down and just.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Catch it over his shoulder.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So I think they attracted the ball really well.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
He's able to use his body extremely well.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
And I think, you know, transferring from Paul out of
state to Florida, I mean, obviously the SEC, it's you know,
a lot higher competition, but I think that, you know,
if he would have left and gone anywhere in the country,
I think that he would have been, you know, a
major contributor anywhere he went. I think that a lot
of the colleges, you know, they saw him, and I think.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
He stayed loyal to CESU, stayed there.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
But just because he plays the Mountain West, I think
he you know, I think he could have dominated any
conference that.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
He went to.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
You know, I think that when we look at him,
maybe his only concerns I've really been his injury history,
especially lately. You know, last year he got banged up,
and you know, he's had a couple of small injuries
over the years and he's got to sit out at
some times. But outside of that, I mean, he's he's
kind of skinny, you know, he's he's a lengthy guy.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
He's skinny, but you know, when he goes in the
weight room, he's he's very strong for his size.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I mean, he can deadlift a lot. So I think
that he's, you know, framed with life, but he's he's
got a lot of strength on him. So I think
that you know, for me, I personally think that you know,
him falling the fifth round, I think that's more of
his injury. You know how prone he's been to injury lately.
But I think that uh got a pretty good steal
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in the fifth round, and if he's able to stay healthy,
that he's going to be a pretty big impact.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Well, I know one thing that you got from your dad,
the analysis, hey just call it, just call it thorough.
That was that was though.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You had said that it had had had Tory been
at Florida, he'd have been the best receiver. Kind of
kind of puts your your your scouting hat from the
Seahawks perspective, all right, like like this is the NFL now, right,
and and and everybody's got to have great traits. What
are the what are the traits if you had to say,
this is the one or two traits where you say,
(06:54):
this is the best part of his game, this is
what if he's going to make the team or make
an impact with the Seahawks, it's gonna because of what
elite trade or traits.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Yeah, I think.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
I mean, first off, in speed, I mean, like we
talked about he's a great.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Oh you said, waitit, Clay, I'm gonna interrupt you. Clay,
I'm gonna interrupt you because you said he ran a
four to four one and your first thought you said,
you said, whoa, I think he could have done much
better if he was healthy and given more time to
like you thought he played the more a sub four
four Wow guy, right, So kind of expand on that.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Yeah, So I think that you know his game speed.
I mean obviously when you know when you run a forty.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I mean, I know some guys, you know, it's a
lot about technique and things like that when it comes
down to forty time. But I don't think that always
shows you a true.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Doesn't totally. It's not. It's not a great depiction.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Of what their actual game speed is. So I think
that I think Corey plays in a much higher game speed.
I mean, you got to think about he as a
guy that just came off its higher season and you know,
he was out, and so I think that him battling
that injury and then him being able to run that too,
just shows you know that his in game speed pretty much.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
As much as much higher in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Of what that time says. So I think that I
think that he's gonna be a very uh He's gonna
be a vertical threat with Seahawks. And I think that,
you know, I think that a lot of DV is
gonna have a tough time staying with him beat because
you know, he's he's the type of guy that you know,
when he runs, he he really opens up more down
the field. You know, twenty thirty forty yards down the
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field is.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
When he's hitting his top speed.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, you know, he's pretty he's pretty twitchy, but I
wouldn't say that. You know, his speed comes off right
away at you know, the at the ten yard mark,
it's more downfield. So I think that combined with his
ability to track the ball. I mean, I remember there'll
be times in practice where you know, he would almost
just show off, and you know, if you throw a
pretty good ball, he'd almost try and come to as
(09:00):
much of a stop as he could and just extend his.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Arms out really far and just catch the ball.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
So he's got great hands, and I think that I
think that'll be the biggest thing for him is being
a deep threat at the next level.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Florida quarterback Clay Millan is with us. He's studying for finals,
not at all at the pool the Ladies in Gainesville, Florida.
He's studying for sure, and yet joining us to talk
about his old teammate at Colorado State, Tory Horton, who
was taken by the Seahawks fifth round, one hundred and
sixty sixth overall by the Hawks. Tory said in his
(09:37):
interview Clay, he was asked what game stands out to
you from your collegiate career, and he brought up the
Colorado game. And so in that Colorado game, he said
the reason it stood out to him because he's an
under the radar type player. I can't imagine that there
were any guys that were creating hype on the Colorado side.
(10:01):
Maybe you could explain what he means by that talk
about maybe his humility and his down to earthedness, if
that's if I can put it that way, as as
a human being, not just as a football player.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, I think
out of high school he might have only had one
offer to the data, So I think that kind of
tolls everything that you need to know.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I mean, he's always had kind of a chip on
his shoulder.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
He's never been really entitled to anything because he grew
you know, out of high.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
School, wasn't getting recruited. He was overlooked.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
So I think that for him, it's always kind of been,
you know, about himself and just kind of prove everyone
wrong almost that you know, he got overlooked his entire life.
He went to a smaller school, you know, a group
of five school. He wasn't getting recruited to SEC schools
and big ten schools or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Well, I think that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
He's always just known, you know, how how good of
a player he is himself, and it's like he just
wants to go prove that because you know, he knows
his own skill set. And I think that that Colorado
game was a perfect example. I mean, I know the
Colorado had a bunch of hype at that time. You know,
I think they came off a couple of big wins
their ranks, and you know, everyone was talking about Colorado,
(11:17):
and you know, I think College Game Day was there
and nobody was talking about CSU and I remember just
him all week. He was just kind of like he's
gonna go prove everybody wrong.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
And you know, he didn't.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
Care about all the hype with Colorado.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I mean, he believed in himself and you know, you
go put on the tape. I mean, he just put
on a clinic and that was kind of the game.
But you know, on a national perspective, everyone finally saw what.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
He was capable of doing.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So I think that that just kind of shows, you know,
he's always believed in himself. He's never been a guy
with a lot of attention on him, and he's just
you know, comes in up facility every day. You know,
he'll come in just focus on himself, and I mean
he just wants to get better as a player. He's
not worried about anything else, right, Clay.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
So uh, Clay Millen with us. He was a quarterback
for Colorado State, throwing to new Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton.
Just a minute more, Hey, Clay, I'm gonna give you
a two for here. First of all, we've been talking
a lot about about how Seattle's kind of loaded it
(12:23):
with slot guys Jackson Smith and Jagba. They they acquired
Cooper Cup, but there's a need for outside guys. Maybe
have you comment as a guy who was thrown to him,
you had Tory in the slots sometimes. But but you know,
if I remember right, mainly to the outside. And then
if you can remember this one. If if it was
(12:44):
the game was on the line, let's say two minutes,
whether it's a fourth down or whatever, the game is
on the line, and you had to call a play
with Tory to get a completion, and and the and
and the and or else you lose the game. What
would be So there, there there's a two per question there.
Can you handle that?
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Well, so so yeah, give it a shot at that clay.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So, I mean, I think, you know, when we're at CSU,
I mean, Tory did. We had some things designated where
he would go travel around.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
He'd come to slot a.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Little bit, but his primary primary position was on the outside.
I mean, so I think he understands that really well.
He's he's very comfortable with that, you know, outside. He's
very polished as a route runner. So I think that
not only just fades and posts and deep routes, you know,
I think he can run comebacks, curls, digs and breaking routes.
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I mean, I think he can just run the entire
route tree. And like you mentioned, Seattle has a couple
of slot guys right now. But I think that he
probably feels most comfortable on the outside. And that's kind
of been some of the things even though we talked
about when when Toy was moved to the slot, there'd
be some conversations like, hey, Tory, you know, he's a
little bit less comfortable here because he hasn't played, you know,
(14:01):
as much in the slot. But definitely him on the outside,
he's played out his entire life, and I think that,
you know, he'll be a great addition on.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
The Yeah what about the what about the what the
what about the one route the money route?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Yeah, I think I mean for me, you know, teams
were so scared of Tory that, you know, especially the
Mount West level. I mean, it's still good competition, but
you know, I think teams were so scared they didn't
want to play press uh man coverage and they don't
want to go up and press them with you know,
one safety and they'll help over the top. So teams
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would often just play with would either cloud him with
a corner, you know, double him with a corner in
a safety, or just playing ten yards off the corner.
So for me, the few times that they were playing
press man, like my my eyes would light up like
I would. I'd be like, oh yeah, and uh every
single time.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
That we play, they'd play a press man we're calling
a fade.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
And I felt like as soon as I saw that
before the play, I was like, this.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Is a touchdown.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
So I know that a people is a lower percentage throw,
but I mean I felt like I knew exact he's
a very he's a guy that's easy to track.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
When he when he goes down the field. I mean
when he runs route, he's easy to throw to.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
He's got a wide why catch radius. So I felt
like anytime we got pressed, man, it was like it
was over his touchdown. So I would take I would
take a fade route to him any day.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Great stuff, man, Thank you very much. We appreciate your
time here on this draft Saturday. Now get back to studying.
Yeah yeah, not by the pool, right the library? Yeah,
library yeah yeah yeah, well I'll send you a map
so you can find it.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That's great stuff, everybody
But let's spend a little more time talking about Tory Horton,
the wide receiver out of Colorado State. And for that
we need more than one million, Like, if we're gonna
break down Tory Horton, we need multiple millions here on
the radio program in order to do it.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
How are you I'm doing great, How are you doing good? Yeah,
good to be with you, Good to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Fun day.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
I think they got some really great picks. It's been
an interesting draft to say the least. But Tory Horton
is a guy that, uh, I think it will intrigue
Seahawk fans in many ways. And and we've got a
we got a guy that can talk about.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
It, an insider.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
We got an insider. Yeah, we got a deep throat insider.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yes, that's a that's a reference to Watergate. I think
I'm looking at some youngsters and over what are you taught,
deep throat? Where are we going with this?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You know? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, yeah, Well because you studied it. You're much too
young to know it.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
No, I studied.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Yeah, I'm smart. But for the second year in a row,
this has worked out crazy way. As Kale was teammate
with Christian Haynes.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Your end roommates.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, and then this year we get a Colorado State
player and then Clay when it was at Colorado State
was teammates.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, Hortant he is. Do we have him yet?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
He was. Yeah, he was the quarterback in twenty twenty two.
And how many andrews? How many yards did Tory Harton have?
I know it's over one thousand. It was in the
eleven eleven thirty one. And the guy that was delivering
him the football is our next guest, my youngest son
who's now on the Florida football team and down there
(01:40):
studying for a final. But we we we twisted his
arm and and he's going to give us a few minutes. Clay,
how you doing, buddy, I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well, thanks for being with us. We appreciate it. What
were you doing on a routine Saturday afternoon in Florida
that you can tell us about and Dad won't be.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yeah, well, actually I got finals coming up, so I've
actually been studying this week side and nothing crazy this week.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Like the keep lying for a second. Really, Uh, well,
hopefully you've had your eye a little bit on the
draft though, Seahawks took one of your old teammates. So
tell us about Tory Horton make Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I Mean, first off, I think he's a he's a
very competitive guy, you know.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
I mean, he cares a lot about winning and losing.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
You know, when the games on the line.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
You know, he's the type of guy that wants the ball.
I mean, he wants to go contribute, make make the
game winning play. I mean, you know, he really loves football.
Outside of that, you know, he's always had a professional
approach when it comes to his preparation on and off
the field. I mean, whether that be in the weight room,
i practice, and you know something that he kind of
did as he got older.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
You know a lot of the young guys in the wide.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Receiver room, you know, they really looked up to him,
and so he was able to kind of take those
guys in and kind of teach him the offense. And
that kind of goes into you know, his IQ. I
mean I think that him and Chim DK at Florida.
I mean those two have by far the highest IQ
have been around. I Mean, Tory really understands the game,
(03:15):
you know, kind of more of a from a quarterbacks perspective,
I would say, I mean, I think he understands defenses.
He understands zone coverage, when to sit down in the zone,
you know, and just that helps him to get open
and finds soft spots in the defense. And he's uh,
you know, in the in the facility.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Is he's a super respected guy.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
I mean, you know, not just from his teammates, I
mean the coaching staff, the strength staff as well. You know,
everyone always looks up to him, cares about his opinion
just you know, not just because the person he is,
but you know how he prepares and his approach for everything,
you know, and as a receiver, you know, I think.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
He's a very polished route runner.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Uh he's fast, switchy, lengthy. You know, I think you're
in a four to four you know, just coming off
the back or injury last year, so he was, he
was out for most of the season and he was
able to come back, get healthy and still run that
four forth. But I think that shows a lot about
you know, how how he prepares, and you know a
lot about him as a player. I think you know,
(04:16):
he's a he's a vertical threat to him and he's
very fast. He's able to track the ball very well.
He's got great hands, and I think I think he
can use his body really well.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
He's got great body control.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Remember I remember there was at the end of the season.
I'm I think, you know, we called him out and
up and I think he had the dB beat by
about a yard or two and he was able to
I think I undergrew it by about a yard or two,
and he was kind of able to.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Slow down to eighty percent and almost use the defender.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
He's able to kind of like box him out and
slow it down and just.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Catch it over his shoulder.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So I think they attracted the ball really well.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
He's able to use his body extremely well.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
And I think, you know, transferring from Paul out of
state to Florida, I mean, obviously the SEC, it's you know,
a lot higher competition, but I think that, you know,
if he would have left and gone anywhere in the country,
I think that he would have been, you know, a
major contributor anywhere he went. I think that a lot
of the colleges, you know, they saw him, and I think.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
He stayed loyal to CESU, stayed there.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
But just because he plays the Mountain West, I think
he you know, I think he could have dominated any
conference that.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
He went to.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
You know, I think that when we look at him,
maybe his only concerns I've really been his injury history,
especially lately. You know, last year he got banged up,
and you know, he's had a couple of small injuries
over the years and he's got to sit out at
some times. But outside of that, I mean, he's he's
kind of skinny, you know, he's he's a lengthy guy.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
He's skinny, but you know, when he goes in the
weight room, he's he's very strong for his size.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I mean, he can deadlift a lot. So I think
that he's, you know, framed with life, but he's he's
got a lot of strength on him. So I think
that you know, for me, I personally think that you know,
him falling the fifth round, I think that's more of
his injury. You know how prone he's been to injury lately.
But I think that uh got a pretty good steal
(06:16):
in the fifth round, and if he's able to stay healthy,
that he's going to be a pretty big impact.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Well, I know one thing that you got from your dad,
the analysis, hey just call it, just call it thorough.
That was that was though.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You had said that it had had had Tory been
at Florida, he'd have been the best receiver. Kind of
kind of puts your your your scouting hat from the
Seahawks perspective, all right, like like this is the NFL now, right,
and and and everybody's got to have great traits. What
are the what are the traits if you had to say,
this is the one or two traits where you say,
(06:54):
this is the best part of his game, this is
what if he's going to make the team or make
an impact with the Seahawks, it's gonna because of what
elite trade or traits.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Yeah, I think.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
I mean, first off, in speed, I mean, like we
talked about he's a great.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Oh you said, waitit, Clay, I'm gonna interrupt you. Clay,
I'm gonna interrupt you because you said he ran a
four to four one and your first thought you said,
you said, whoa, I think he could have done much
better if he was healthy and given more time to
like you thought he played the more a sub four
four Wow guy, right, So kind of expand on that.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Yeah, So I think that you know his game speed.
I mean obviously when you know when you run a forty.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I mean, I know some guys, you know, it's a
lot about technique and things like that when it comes
down to forty time. But I don't think that always
shows you a true.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Doesn't totally. It's not. It's not a great depiction.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Of what their actual game speed is. So I think
that I think Corey plays in a much higher game speed.
I mean, you got to think about he as a
guy that just came off its higher season and you know,
he was out, and so I think that him battling
that injury and then him being able to run that too,
just shows you know that his in game speed pretty much.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
As much as much higher in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Of what that time says. So I think that I
think that he's gonna be a very uh He's gonna
be a vertical threat with Seahawks. And I think that,
you know, I think that a lot of DV is
gonna have a tough time staying with him beat because
you know, he's he's the type of guy that you know,
when he runs, he he really opens up more down
the field. You know, twenty thirty forty yards down the
(08:37):
field is.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
When he's hitting his top speed.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, you know, he's pretty he's pretty twitchy, but I
wouldn't say that. You know, his speed comes off right
away at you know, the at the ten yard mark,
it's more downfield. So I think that combined with his
ability to track the ball. I mean, I remember there'll
be times in practice where you know, he would almost
just show off, and you know, if you throw a
pretty good ball, he'd almost try and come to as
(09:00):
much of a stop as he could and just extend his.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Arms out really far and just catch the ball.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
So he's got great hands, and I think that I
think that'll be the biggest thing for him is being
a deep threat at the next level.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Florida quarterback Clay Millan is with us. He's studying for finals,
not at all at the pool the Ladies in Gainesville, Florida.
He's studying for sure, and yet joining us to talk
about his old teammate at Colorado State, Tory Horton, who
was taken by the Seahawks fifth round, one hundred and
sixty sixth overall by the Hawks. Tory said in his
(09:37):
interview Clay, he was asked what game stands out to
you from your collegiate career, and he brought up the
Colorado game. And so in that Colorado game, he said
the reason it stood out to him because he's an
under the radar type player. I can't imagine that there
were any guys that were creating hype on the Colorado side.
(10:01):
Maybe you could explain what he means by that talk
about maybe his humility and his down to earthedness, if
that's if I can put it that way, as as
a human being, not just as a football player.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, I think
out of high school he might have only had one
offer to the data, So I think that kind of
tolls everything that you need to know.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I mean, he's always had kind of a chip on
his shoulder.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
He's never been really entitled to anything because he grew
you know, out of high.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
School, wasn't getting recruited. He was overlooked.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
So I think that for him, it's always kind of been,
you know, about himself and just kind of prove everyone
wrong almost that you know, he got overlooked his entire life.
He went to a smaller school, you know, a group
of five school. He wasn't getting recruited to SEC schools
and big ten schools or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Well, I think that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
He's always just known, you know, how how good of
a player he is himself, and it's like he just
wants to go prove that because you know, he knows
his own skill set. And I think that that Colorado
game was a perfect example. I mean, I know the
Colorado had a bunch of hype at that time. You know,
I think they came off a couple of big wins
their ranks, and you know, everyone was talking about Colorado,
(11:17):
and you know, I think College Game Day was there
and nobody was talking about CSU and I remember just
him all week. He was just kind of like he's
gonna go prove everybody wrong.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
And you know, he didn't.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
Care about all the hype with Colorado.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I mean, he believed in himself and you know, you
go put on the tape. I mean, he just put
on a clinic and that was kind of the game.
But you know, on a national perspective, everyone finally saw what.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
He was capable of doing.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So I think that that just kind of shows, you know,
he's always believed in himself. He's never been a guy
with a lot of attention on him, and he's just
you know, comes in up facility every day. You know,
he'll come in just focus on himself, and I mean
he just wants to get better as a player. He's
not worried about anything else, right, Clay.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
So uh, Clay Millen with us. He was a quarterback
for Colorado State, throwing to new Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton.
Just a minute more, Hey, Clay, I'm gonna give you
a two for here. First of all, we've been talking
a lot about about how Seattle's kind of loaded it
(12:23):
with slot guys Jackson Smith and Jagba. They they acquired
Cooper Cup, but there's a need for outside guys. Maybe
have you comment as a guy who was thrown to him,
you had Tory in the slots sometimes. But but you know,
if I remember right, mainly to the outside. And then
if you can remember this one. If if it was
(12:44):
the game was on the line, let's say two minutes,
whether it's a fourth down or whatever, the game is
on the line, and you had to call a play
with Tory to get a completion, and and the and
and the and or else you lose the game. What
would be So there, there there's a two per question there.
Can you handle that?
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Well, so so yeah, give it a shot at that clay.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So, I mean, I think, you know, when we're at CSU,
I mean, Tory did. We had some things designated where
he would go travel around.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
He'd come to slot a.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Little bit, but his primary primary position was on the outside.
I mean, so I think he understands that really well.
He's he's very comfortable with that, you know, outside. He's
very polished as a route runner. So I think that
not only just fades and posts and deep routes, you know,
I think he can run comebacks, curls, digs and breaking routes.
(13:37):
I mean, I think he can just run the entire
route tree. And like you mentioned, Seattle has a couple
of slot guys right now. But I think that he
probably feels most comfortable on the outside. And that's kind
of been some of the things even though we talked
about when when Toy was moved to the slot, there'd
be some conversations like, hey, Tory, you know, he's a
little bit less comfortable here because he hasn't played, you know,
(14:01):
as much in the slot. But definitely him on the outside,
he's played out his entire life, and I think that,
you know, he'll be a great addition on.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
The Yeah what about the what about the what the
what about the one route the money route?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Yeah, I think I mean for me, you know, teams
were so scared of Tory that, you know, especially the
Mount West level. I mean, it's still good competition, but
you know, I think teams were so scared they didn't
want to play press uh man coverage and they don't
want to go up and press them with you know,
one safety and they'll help over the top. So teams
(14:35):
would often just play with would either cloud him with
a corner, you know, double him with a corner in
a safety, or just playing ten yards off the corner.
So for me, the few times that they were playing
press man, like my my eyes would light up like
I would. I'd be like, oh yeah, and uh every
single time.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
That we play, they'd play a press man we're calling
a fade.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
And I felt like as soon as I saw that
before the play, I was like, this.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Is a touchdown.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
So I know that a people is a lower percentage throw,
but I mean I felt like I knew exact he's
a very he's a guy that's easy to track.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
When he when he goes down the field. I mean
when he runs route, he's easy to throw to.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
He's got a wide why catch radius. So I felt
like anytime we got pressed, man, it was like it
was over his touchdown. So I would take I would
take a fade route to him any day.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Great stuff, man, Thank you very much. We appreciate your
time here on this draft Saturday. Now get back to studying.
Yeah yeah, not by the pool, right the library? Yeah,
library yeah yeah yeah, well I'll send you a map
so you can find it.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That's great stuff, everybody
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