CHARLOTTE, N.C. Joe Horn notes there are “selfish fathers’’ that put so much pressure on their kids to excel in sports they don’t want to play past a certain age. The former NFL Pro Bowl receiver said there are times you have to take your foot off the pedal and let them find their way.
But then, in the same breath, Horn talks about how the blueprint he has for his son, Carolina Panthers first-round draft pick Jaycee Horn, ends with a yellow jacket.
“That’s right, the Hall of Fame,’’ said the elder Horn, himself a longshot for the Hall of Fame with 603 receptions (81st all-time) and 8,744 yards (75th). “Once you put on that yellow jacket, our blueprint is complete. Jaycee knows that. He just has to deal with it. And he can.’’
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Joe Horn was disappointed Friday morning, not as a former Pro Bowl wide receiver who once was fined for hiding a cellphone in a goalpost pad, but as the parent of one of the 32 players selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.
Horn had wanted the rest of the world to see the joy his son, South Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn, experienced when the Carolina Panthers used the eighth pick to make him the first defensive player selected Thursday night.