2024 Football Roster

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App State Athletics

13 Christan Horn

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbia, S.C.
  • High School Westwood

Biography

Career: Played in 57 games, starting 34, and totaled 97 catches for 1,658 yards and 11 touchdowns … Earned spot in App State record books by averaging 17.1 yards per catch for his career ... Four games with 100-plus receiving yards (108 vs. ECU in 2024, 165 vs. Southern Miss in 2023, 124 vs. ULM in 2023 and 132 vs. The Citadel in 2022) ... Two-time team captain.
 
2024: Team captain … Appeared in nine games, starting eight at wide receiver … Finished season with 20 catches for 367 yards and one touchdown … Recorded a season-high 108 yards on five receptions against ECU … Had a career-long 83-yard touchdown against ETSU.

2023: Appeared in all 14 games and started 13 at wide receiver … Team captain … Ranked second on the team with 36 catches for 566 yards (15.7 yards per catch) and six touchdowns … Career-high 165 yards and two touchdowns on eight catches against Southern Miss, including fourth-quarter touchdowns of 49 yards and 21 yards (in the closing seconds) as App State scored the final 21 points in a 48-38 victory … Also had a 100-yard game against ULM, catching six passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns, with scores from 52 and 22 yards … In addition to his pair of two-touchdown, 100-yard games, scored against Gardner-Webb and Georgia Southern ... Due to injury, didn’t start against Marshall but was on the field for the victory formation.

2022: Started all 12 games … Team-best 600 receiving yards on 33 catches for an 18.18 average that ranked No. 3 in the Sun Belt … Eighth-highest season average for yard per catch in school history and No. 4 among receivers with at least 30 catches … One of four touchdown catches was a 53-yard Hail Mary as time expired in a win against Troy, as Horn made a circling grab of a tipped ball at the 8 and ran into the front-right corner of the end zone for Miracle on the Mountain: Part 2 … Hail Mary grab capped a five-catch, 98-yard game … Scored first career touchdown on a 31-yard reception against UNC … Career-high 132 yards on three catches vs. The Citadel, with an 80-yard touchdown … Had six catches for 83 yards at Texas State … Team-best four catches for 66 yards at Marshall … Had six catches of 30-plus yards on the season.
 
2021: Appeared in all 14 games … Made five catches for 46 yards, with a long of 16 yards in the Boca Raton Bowl … Had two catches in the opening win against ECU and one more the following game against Miami.

2020: Played in eight games and made one start as a true freshman … Finished season with three catches for 79 yards … Made first career start in the Sun Belt opener against Arkansas State and had two catches for 25 yards … Had a season-long gain of 54 yards on a catch against Troy.

High School: Limited to four games as a senior due to injury, had 37 catches for 540 yards and four touchdowns on an 8-4 team that reached the second round of the state 4-A playoffs … Played receiver and quarterback in high school … First place in the 400 meters at the state 4-A track championships as a junior with a time of 47.69 seconds … Played for coach Matt Quinn as a senior at Westwood ... Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 190 lbs
    13