Joe Horn caught 523 passes for 7,622 yards and 50 touchdowns throughout a standout, flamboyant, seven-year profession with the New Orleans Saints.
Wednesday, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame reeled in “Hollywood,” as Horn was introduced as a member of the Class of 2026.
The four-time Pro Bowler, a Saint from 2000-06 who was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2010, is one of 9 LSHOF inductees in ’26.
He joins LSU ladies’s basketball participant and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Sylvia Fowles, a four-time USA Olympic gold medalist; LSU males’s basketball coach John Brady, who received 190 video games in 10 seasons and led LSU to 3 regular-season SEC championships and to a Final Four run in 2006; Louisiana-Lafayette catcher Jonathan Lucroy, a two-time All-Star in his 12-year main league baseball profession; LSU heart Todd McCLure, who crafted a 14-year NFL profession and is a member of the Falcons Ring of Honor; Northwestern State males’s basketball coach Mike McConathy, who received 682 video games as a university coach; prep women basketball coach Dewain Strother, the second-winningest highschool women basketball coach who received 5 state titles at Florien High; Bills and Vikings defensive sort out Pat Williams, a three-time Pro Bowler; and LSU baseball star Warren Morris, who was inducted as a contributor (Louisiana Sports Ambassador).
Horn’s flash matched his substance in New Orleans: He left because the franchise all-time chief in landing receptions, a complete that later was surpassed by Marques Colston (72) and Jimmy Graham (55). He and Colston share the staff document with 28 100-yard receiving video games and on the time of his departure as a free agent, he was second in franchise historical past in receptions and receiving yards.
Overall, Horn posted 4 1000-yard seasons and from 2000-04 – when he was a Pro Bowler from 2000-02 and ’04 – he averaged 87 catches for 1,258 yards and 9 touchdowns.
In his 12-year profession, he totaled 603 catches for 8,744 yards and 58 touchdowns in 163 video games for the Chiefs (1996-99), Saints and Falcons (2007).