Zach Horton

lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2025) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20

ESPN lists 1 year(s) of experience; nflverse has no stat line and calls the player first-year — nflverse kept (it carries rookie_season), ESPN relayed

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY

  Not sourced yet · not yet read from the OTC player page — published-but-unparsed until otc-player-extract reads it; absence of a read is not absence on the source

• Cap hit$885,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-30

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · DET at CIN2/2, 5 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · WAS at DETIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at IND3/3, 6 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2024 · Indiana · receiving21 rec · 189 yds · 4 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2023 · James Madison · receiving27 rec · 275 yds · 6 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2022 · James Madison · receiving13 rec · 159 yds · 2 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0040387: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id HortZa00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

• 2026-01-05 → 2026-03-11 · DET · FUTURES · ended: league-year-lapseThe Detroit Lions sign OL Devin Cochran, WR Malik Cunningham, DE Ahmed Hassanein, TE Zach Horton, WR Jackson Meeks, OL Mason Miller, RB Jabari Small, DL Chris Smith and S Loren Strickland to a Reserve/Future contract.DET transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
• 2026-08-04 → 2026-08-30 · DET · Injured Reserve · ended: waivedThe Detroit Lions place TE Anthony Firkser on Reserve/Injured and sign TE Zach Horton.DET transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-08-30 · DETThe Detroit Lions waive QB Luke Altmyer, WR Tarik Black, CB Ekow Boye-Doe, DB Aamaris Brown, OL Devin Cochran, CB Bump Cooper Jr., WR Malik Cunningham, TE Thomas Gordon, OL Gus Hartwig, TE Zach Horton, LB Erick Hunter, S
• 2026-08-04 · DETThe Detroit Lions place TE Anthony Firkser on Reserve/Injured and sign TE Zach Horton.
• 2026-07-31 · DETThe Detroit Lions sign TE Anthony Firkser and waive TE Zach Horton.
• 2026-01-05 · DETThe Detroit Lions sign OL Devin Cochran, WR Malik Cunningham, DE Ahmed Hassanein, TE Zach Horton, WR Jackson Meeks, OL Mason Miller, RB Jabari Small, DL Chris Smith and S Loren Strickland to a Reserve/Future contract.

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0040387 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)