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| Positions | Wide receiver Return specialist | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1976-03-21)March 21, 1976 (age 49) Queens, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Richmond(Rockingham, North Carolina) | ||||||||||
| College | Clemson | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Antonio Tremaine Horne (born March 21, 1976) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver andreturn specialist for three seasons with theSt. Louis Rams of theNational Football League (NFL).
Horne attended Richmond Senior High inRockingham, North Carolina, where he was a quarterback and a wide receiver.
Horne playedcollege football for theClemson Tigers. As a senior in 1997, he caught a school record 70 passes for 907 yards and 8 touchdowns, while also returning 32 punts for 332 yards and another score, along with 19 kickoff returns for 536 yards. He finished his four seasons there with 120 receptions for 1,750 yards and 13 touchdowns, as well as 1,133 yards on special teams.[1][2]
Undrafted, Horne played the1998,1999, and2000 seasons with the St. Louis Rams. In1998, he finished sixth in the NFL with 1,306 yards on kick returns. He added 892 yards in1999 with a league leading 29.7 yards per return average, and was an important contributor to the Rams 1999 Super Bowl winning team, scoring two kickoff return touchdowns during the season and one more during the playoffs. He gained 1,379 in 11 games in2000, when he again finished sixth in the league.[3]
In 2001, he signed on as a free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs[4] before suffering a knee injury during that preseason that ended his pro career. He finished his three seasons with 143 kickoff returns for 3,577 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Horne works as a strength and speed coach at D1 Sports Training in Greenville.