He went to San Clemente High School down the highway from Dana Point. He was a baseball and basketball player for San Clemente High, and a football wide receiver and linebacker initially. His high school basketball coach once said Darnold could have played college basketball in the then-Pac-12 or Mountain West Conference, “at worst.”

Rookie Tory Horton returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown — the longest punt return in Seahawks franchise history — and caught one of Sam Darnold’s two TD passes in Seattle’s 44-13 rout of the winle

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold throws a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tory Horton in the first half of Sunday's Week 3 matchup with the Saints.

Closing Thoughts: Seahawks Ambush Saints Early, Coast to 31-Point Win at Lumen Field – Emerald City Spectrum Emerald City Spectrum reporter Corbin Smith details how the Seahawks got off to a roaring start behind their special teams unit against the Saints and never looked back to secure a dominant 44-13 win at Lumen Field.

Sam Darnold finished 16 of 23 for a modest 150 yards in the Seahawks’ 17-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. But his lone turnover came at the worst time.

Watch the best plays from Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold's 2-touchdown game against the New Orleans Saints in Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/seahawks as Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba make Saints pay for stupid penalty.

As much as the Seattle Seahawks struggled to run the ball or spread it around through the air in a season-opening loss to San Francisco, they had no such challenges in Week 2. The Seahawks