Joe Horn

Sport: Football

Induction Year: 2026

University: Itawamba

A wiry and flashy wide receiver and four-time Pro Bowler (2000-02, 2004), Horn was a fan favorite and record-breaker with the Saints from 2000-06 after joining the team as an unrestricted free agent (Kansas City), helping New Orleans to the NFC South title and a playoff berth in his first season. He is a 2010 Saints Hall of Fame inductee, enshrined in his first year of eligibility.

In seven seasons with the Saints, Horn came close to breaking Eric Martin’s career club records in receptions and receiving yards with 523 catches for 7,622 yards — coming up nine catches and 232 yards short. He had 50 career receiving TDs, however, breaking Martin’s old club mark by two — a mark that was later surpassed by 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Marques Colston (72) and Jimmy Graham (55). Horn set a club record with 11 receiving TDs in 2004 (which was tied by Colston in 2007 and broken by Graham with 16 in 2013), and had a club-record four in a Dec. 21, 2004 game with the New York Giants. Horn had a team-record 28 100-yard games (which was later tied by Colston) in his seven-year stint with the Saints and also set club receiving marks for a single season with 94 catches and 1,399 yards — both in 2004. His 94 grabs, the same number he had in 2000, are still the sixth-highest single-season total in club history behind Michael Thomas (124 in 2018, 104 in 2017, 149 in 2019), Graham (99 in 2011) and Colston (98 in 2007).

Horn averaged a remarkable 88 catches, 1,306 yards and eight TDs over a three-year stretch from 2000-02, making the Pro Bowl each time. Going into the 2025 season, he still ranked fifth in Saints’ annals in catches (523) and was third in receiving yards (7,622) and receiving TDs (50). Horn is second all-time in averaging 74.7 yards per game (Thomas is the all-time leader with 79.4). Horn finished a 12-year NFL career with Atlanta in 2007, totaling 603 receptions, 8,744 yards and 58 TDs (in seven years with the Saints, four with the Chiefs, one with the Falcons).

His son, Jaycee, was a first-round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers in 2021 and was a starting cornerback for the team going into the 2025 season… Born 1-16-72 in New Haven, Conn.