RENTON, Wash. — It is common for rookies to receive praise from veterans in their position group or on their side of the ball, as Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton has.

“He can play,” Jaxon Smith-Njigba said of Horton on Tuesday. “He’s a baller.”

One way to tell that a rookie is really making an impression is when guys on the other side of the ball single him out or go out of their way to mention his performance. During Horton’s news conference on Aug. 4, cornerback Riq Woolen crashed the party to reveal that his nickname for the fifth-round rookie is “Jerry Rice Jr.” On Monday, veteran cornerback Shaquill Griffin was asked to assess the receivers he’s been facing in practice.

“I feel like I’ve been seeing the rookie show up a lot lately,” Griffin said. “There’s a lot of plays

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