Background
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
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Wes Horton
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Education
He attended Notre Dame High School.
Career
He played college football at University of Southern California. He is the brother of former Toronto Argonauts linebacker Shane Horton. In his Junior year in high school, He was selected to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass second team and also was named to Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-Serra League first team In his Senior year, He was selected to the Preparatory Star All-American, Super Preparatory All-Farwest, Preparatory Star All-West teams.
He also was selected to the All-CIF Pac-5 Division first team and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area second team
Carolina Panthers
On April 28, 2013, he signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent. In his rookie season, Horton played in 10 games and recorded eight tackles and two sacks.
On November 23, 2015, Horton was suspended for four games by the National Football League for violating the NFL Performance Enhancement Drug Policy after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. On December 28, 2015 the Carolina Panthers waived Horton.
Horton re-signed with the Panthers on a one-year deal on February 16, 2016.
His father is Michael (Myke) Horton, former University of California, Los Angeles offensive lineman who played nine years as a backup on various NFL, Canadian Football League and USFL teams before becoming nationally known as "Gemini", one of the original American Gladiators (1989–1992).
