Joe Horn is a no brainer selection for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. It's just a question of what took so long. It's been two decades since he put on a New Orleans Saints uniform. The Saints have had so many great wide receivers within that 20 years it can slip one's mind just how productive Horn was. In some ways, he can occasionally be a victim of not playing in the Golden Age of Saints football.
Horn played for the Saints from the turn of the century until 2006, and he was a bonafide star from Day 1. He registered 1340 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns in his debut season. From there, Horn went on to rewrite the Saints record book over his 7-year run.
To this day, Horn is still rooting for the Saints, except for two games. His son, Jaycee Horn, plays for the Carolina Panthers. "Any time the Saints are playing and they're not playing the Panthers, I'm rooting for my Saints. But when they're playing the Panthers, I'm rooting for my child," Horn explained. Blood takes priority over allegiances from Joe's playing days, and most fans will accept that.
Joe Horn was the Saints first to a lot of achievements
In the time since Joe Horn took his final snap as a Saint, the team has seen great receivers like Marques Colston and Michael Thomas put on a helmet and achieve great heights. Horn set the tone. There's a reason Thomas paid homage to him with the phone under the goalpost celebration versus the Rams.
From a yearly standpoint, Horn is the first receiver to hit many milestones. Horn set the record for most receiving yards in a single season in his first year. No Saints pass catcher had 1300 yards before Horn, and he did it in his opening season then two more times. Matter of fact, no Saints receiver had hit 1100 yards in a single season before he did it.
There wasn't a receiver with 10 receiving touchdowns in a year prior to Horn. He did it twice in back to back seasons. When his career was finished, Horn led the team in career touchdown receptions.
Horn's stats stand the test of time as well. He finished with the lead in touchdown receptions and he currently sits at third place. In his time with the Saints, Horn recorded the first through fourth highest receiving yards in a single season in team history as a player. Even with the increase of passing and star receivers, Horn still holds three of the top-5 and four of the top-10
This was one of the easiest Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame's easiest decisions.
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