Football

SeanO'Horo

  • position Running Back
  • height 5-11
  • Weight 182
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Youngstown, Ohio
  • High school Boardman

2022 – Freshman
• Practiced with the team

High School
• Three-year letterman and starter at Boardman High School under head coaches Joe Ignazio (2019, 2020) and Seth Antram (2021)
• Two-dimensional football player, performing at both running back and safety for the Spartans
• Through just nine games his senior season, he rushed for 967 yards and scored seven touchdowns, while he also recorded 51 tackles, including seven tackles for loss on defense
• Named to the All-American Conference (AAC) Defensive First Team (safety) and All-Northeast Inland District Offensive Second Team (running back) his senior season and an All-District Honorable Mention his junior season
• Was also a four-year letterwinner on the wrestling team, where he set the school record for most career wins at 167
• Named the AAC Most Valuable Wrestler and AAC First Team selection with his 45-4 record in 2021-22
• Won the AAC Championship in his weight class all four years in high school

Personal
• Born in Boardman, Ohio
• Son of Patrick and Nicole O’Horo
• Has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Kathryn
• Brother Michael plays quarterback at Saginaw Valley State (2019 – present) … Sister Kathryn is a pitcher on the Clarion softball team (2021 – present)
• Major is undecided

Sean Says
• His nickname is “Irish assassin,” and he received the name during his high school wrestling career
• If he could go back in time and change one thing, he would start football earlier
• The best piece of advice he has ever been given is, “hard work pays off”
• The most daring thing he has ever done is jumped off a bridge
• His sports hero is his brother, Michael, because he has showed him what it takes to be successful on and off the field

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