Next steps for Alabama Isaiah Horton’s open football receiver
When Isaiah Horton transferred to Alabama football, all the crimson tide wanted the receiver to do was himself.
Horton knows that he brings something different from Alabama Receiver room, standing at 6 feet 4, 208 pounds and describing itself as “that large, explosive and descending threat.” But Horton sees himself as more than that. He can “make” intermediate routes. You can run deep routes. He can “be a great teammate” and do what he is asked.
While Horton prepares for his third game in Alabama, he admits that he has not shown everything he can do in the football field.
“I can’t wait to show my speed,” Horton said, marking 22 mph. “People underestimate it. And I know it comes. I just have to be patient.”
Horton production in Alabama is being built slowly. Was limited in the loss of alabama to Florida state With a hip injury, one that coach Kalen Deboer said that he failed to return and rolling “up to half of the 73-0 victory of Crimson Tide against Louisiana Monroe.
But when Horton was “back and rolling” with the crimson tide, he didn’t spend much time showing what he could do.
Horton caught three receptions for 51 yards against ULM, including a 29 -yard touchdown in which the field marshal Ty Simpson came out of the pocket to find Horton in the 2 -yard line where the receiver shrugged with his feet and launched forward for his first Alabama score.
“That big guy who has to upload and get it,” Horton said about what Simpson needs him as a receiver. “Every time it’s time to rescue, Zay is somewhere. ‘Go play for me, Zay.’ I’ll do that.”
That is the type of receiver that Simpson needs, I said. And it is what makes a receiver like Horton special: someone who is a great objective and “field marshal”, who has an intensity and “wants a factor” that makes it desirable.
And the more Horton becomes with Simpson, his former Campo Mariscal 7 against 7 high school, the better the offensive, said I should.
That is the expectation not only for Horton, but for the receiver room as a whole. Horton is built differently from the rest of the room.
“We are elite. We work hard on that,” Horton said. “That is what we work on. We proud what we do. We are receptors. We catch the ball.”
Alabama continues the 2025 season on Saturday, September 13 at home against Wisconsin. The start is scheduled for 11 am CT in ABC.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA Today’s network. Get to cgay@gannett.com Or follow him @_Colingay In X, previously known as Twitter.