Shane Horton (born July 25, 1988) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, pl ...

who is a free agent. He played college football at USC. His brother is

Wes Horton Wes Chandler Horton (born January 18, 1990) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at USC. He is the brother of former Toronto Argonauts linebacker Shane Horton. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an un ...

, defensive end for the

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Early years

He attended Notre Dame High School in California. In the 2006 high school season, he was to the All-CIF Pac-5 Division first team and was selected to the Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team. He also was named to the Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West and the Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team.

Professional career

Toronto Argonauts

On December 19, 2012, he signed with the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

of the

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as an undrafted free agent. On October 3, 2014, Horton was released by the Argonauts.

Personal

Shane's father is Michael (Myke) Horton, former

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numb ...

who played nine years as a backup on various NFL, CFL and USFL teams before becoming nationally known as "Gemini", one of the original '' American Gladiators'' (1989–1992).Eric Sondheimer
Signs Are Good for These Sons of `Gemini'
''Los Angeles Times'', October 6, 2006, accessed June 21, 2015.David Newton
Meet Wes Horton, son of a TV 'gladiator'
ESPN.com, September 19, 2014, accessed June 21, 2015.

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