{"id":236893,"date":"2025-06-16T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=236893"},"modified":"2025-06-16T06:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:54:04","slug":"panthers-jimmy-horn-breakout-rookie-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/06\/16\/panthers-jimmy-horn-breakout-rookie-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers “Underrated” Rookie Ready to Dominate In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Jimmy Horn<\/a> has impressed throughout the offseason, and one writer believes the Colorado product will outplay his draft capital and make an immediate impact for Bryce Young and company. In a recent article,\u00a0Bleacher Report’s\u00a0<\/em>Damian Parson<\/a> covered five underrated rookies set to make a big impact, and the Panthers sixth-round pick earned the top spot on the list.<\/p>\n

“Horn is a threat to turn short passes into bigger gains. He brings a deep speed element that has been missing for Bryce Young, albeit the quarterback needs to complete more than 38.6% of his passes traveling 20-plus yards in the air, per NFL Pro,” Parson writes. “Horn’s most immediate impact should be felt on special teams as a returner. He can flip the field position for more favorable starts for the offense.”<\/p>\n

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Mar 1, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; NFL Network reporter Sracey Dales (left) interviews Colorado quarterback Shadeur Sanders (QB13) and Colorado wideout Jimmy Horn (WO20) during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bleacher Report: Panthers Jimmy Horn Could Dominate In Year 1<\/h2>\n

Jimmy Horn has a clear path to winning the Panthers returner job, but earning targets may be more difficult. While he has impressed early in training camp, anyone who’s followed the league for a while knows that offseason results don’t always translate to the regular season<\/a>. Horn has an impressive skillset, but Carolina has several players with promise ahead of him in the pecking order.<\/p>\n

Veteran Adam Thielen is on the older side, but the former Minnesota Viking is still a reliable playmaker when healthy. Additionally, top-10 pick Tetairoa McMillan<\/a> should earn a role right away, and second-year veterans Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker have already established a rapport with Bryce Young. Jimmy Horn could be a diamond in the rough, but nobody should expect him to earn a full-time role in the passing attack right away.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Michael Ciaglo – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Jimmy Horn has impressed throughout the offseason and could make a surprise impact in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":236897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,30],"tags":[9487,33434,7661,33031],"class_list":["post-236893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-panthers","tag-bryce-young","tag-jimmy-horn","tag-panthers-featured","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236942,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236893\/revisions\/236942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}