Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to get into why fifth-round rookie receiver and returner Tory Horton has become a key part of the Seattle Seahawks’ offense and special teams… in ways that nobody really saw coming.

The Seattle Seahawks came into the 2025 season with two sure answers at receiver: Third-year man Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and former Seahawks killer Cooper Kupp, signed to a three-year, $45 million contract this past offseason with $26.5 million guaranteed. Beyond that, after the trade that sent D.K. Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers, everything else was up in the air.

We knew that new offensive coor

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