Panther Point: Enrolled at UNI in January after transferring from Nebraska...Listed as the backup to Terrance Freeney at tailback heading into the fall...Named preseason honorable mention all-Gateway by 1AA.org.

At Nebraska: Played in nine games in 2004, carrying the ball 12 times for 32 yards with a long of nine...Also caught eight passes for 69 yards with a long of 17...Returned one kick for eight yards...2003, played in 12 games, finishing with 441 yards on 107 carries with four TDs and a long of 20...Season- and career-high 26 carries versus Missouri for a season-high 119 yards, including a five-yard TD run...Carried 14 times for 86 yards at Texas A&M, scoring his fourth TD of the season...Became the 53rd Husker to reach 1,000 career rushing yards against the Aggies...2002, one of five true freshmen to see action...Did not play in the first five games...Finished his rookie campaign with 651 yards, the fourth-best total ever by a freshman...Named fourth-team freshman of the year all-America by The Sporting News...Came out of his red-shirt and responded with 12 carries for 81 yards against McNeese State and played a key role with 20 rushes for 88 yards and a TD against Missouri...Recorded his first 100-yard game at Oklahoma State with 125 yards on 24 carries with a two-yard TD...Became the school's first true freshman to rush for more than 100 yards since 1996...Recorded 128 yards on 24 carries with four TDs at Texas A&M, including three in the second half...Produced his third 100-yard effort with 122 yards on nine carries against Kansas...Capped his freshman season with 65 yards in the Independence Bowl....First team freshmen all-Big 12 by The Sporting News and honorable mention all-conference by the coaches.

High School: Rushed for a Class A-best 1,467 yards on 183 carries with 22 TDs in 2001 while also totaling 298 yards receiving...Two-time first team all-Nebraska by the Omaha World-Herald and super-state by the Lincoln Journal Star...Also played defense with 25 tackles and three interceptions at free safety...Started two years at running back for Joe McMenamin...Member of the World-Herald's Super Six, named all-American by SuperPrep, PrepStar and Rivals.com...Part of a 4x400m relay that set the state mark in 2000...As a senior, part of Class A state champion 4x100m relay team while finishing fifth in the 100m...Four-year letterman in track, football and basketball...Also visited Colorado and Michigan in addition to being recruited by Notre Dame, Iowa and Iowa State.

Personal: Son of Damond and Pamela Horne...Born in Omaha, NE, on July 25, 1984...Majoring in Sociology...Daughter DaNya, age 3.