Biography
• At Navy: A starter in 13 games during his career (0 Fr // 1 So // 12 Jr) ... has scored a rushing touchdown in 9 of his 13 starts and has thrown a touchdown in 7 of his 13 starts ... possesses big time speed and can take it to the house at any time ... one of the best passers in recent memory in Annapolis ... ranked as one of the top 100 players in college football in 2025 by College Football Network ... will be a strong candidate for Academic All-America honors, as well as the Academic Heisman, which is presented by the National Football Foundation ... along with Landon Robinson, was elected co-captain for the 2025 season by his teammates, one of the greatest honors a Navy Football player can receive ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2024: Finished the year rushing for 1,246 yards (103.8 yds/gm, 18th in the FBS, 2nd among QBs) and 17 touchdowns (T12th, 5th among quarterbacks) on just 175 carries (7.1 yds/carry, 6th in FBS) and completed 80 of his 139 pass attempts for 1,353 yards with 13 TDs and 4 interceptions ... his 1,353 passing yards are the 10th most in school history ... he is the 3rd quarterback in school history to rush AND pass for more than 1,200 yards in the same season, joining Keenan Reynolds in 2015 (1,203 passing, 1,373 rushing) and Chris McCoy in 1997 (1,203 passing, 1,370 rushing) ... his 2,599 yards of total offense in 2024 are the 2nd most in school history, while his 8.3 yards of total offense per play is tied with Shun White for the 2nd most for a single season in school history ... his 7.9 yards per play over his career is also the 2nd-best mark in school history ... Horvath is the 1st Navy player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season since 2019 when Malcolm Perry rushed for 2,017 yards ... his 1,353 passing yards are the most for a Navy player since Will Worth threw for 1,397 yards in 2016 ... Horvath’s 7.1 yards per carry this year tied Reggie Campbell (2006) for the 5th-best single-season yards per carry average in program history and ranked 3rd nationally in 2024 ... Horvath was responsible for 15.3 points per game, which ranked 17th nationally ... his 95-yard touchdown run against Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl was the third-longest run in the FBS this year ... he is the only player with 2 of the 10-longest runs in the FBS in 2024 (his 90-yard touchdown against Memphis is 9th) ... Horvath and Malcolm Perry (2016-19) are the only two Navy football players to have two runs of 90-yards or more in a career (they both did it in a single-season) ... Horvath’s 2 runs of 90 yards or more are more than any other FBS team this year ... Horvath is the 1st Navy quarterback since Keenan Reynolds to throw a touchdown pass in 4-consecutive games (streak ended at Air Force, had a touchdown pass called back due to a penalty) ... his 164.4 passing efficiency in 2024 is the 4th-best mark in school history ... Horvath has thrown just 4 interceptions in 151-career attempts for an interception percentage of .026 per attempt, the 2nd-best average in school history ... Horvath is averaging 16.7 yards per completion in his career (86 completions for 1,437 yards), which is the 4th-best average in school history ... as a team, Navy ranked 3rd in the FBS in passing yards per completion (16.3), 6th in rushing offense (247.5) and 16th in team passing efficiency (151.8) ... Horvath ranked 6th in the FBS in ESPN’s QBR Rating (83.4) ... Horvath finished as the #9 graded runner (all positions, min. 150 att.) according to Pro Football Focus. He was 2nd among quarterbacks ... the first player with 7 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing touchdowns through the team’s first 4 games since Lamar Jackson in 2016 ... garnered Academic All-District recognition from College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) ... a starter in each of the 12 games in which he played ... garnered Armed Forces Bowl MVP honors after leading Navy to a 21-20 victory over Oklahoma ... rushed for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns on 18 carries while completing 7 of his 12 passes for 92 yards ... he is just the 20th player to reach 100 yards rushing in Armed Forces Bowl history (22 yrs) and his 155 yards rank 6th most ... his 95-yard touchdown run is the longest run in program history, surpassing John Sai’s 93-yard run against Duke on Nov. 16, 1963 ... it’s the longest run by a Navy player in bowl history ... the previous record was 59 yards by Malcolm Perry against Kansas State at the 2019 Liberty Bowl ... it’s also the longest touchdown run in Armed Forces Bowl history ... the previous record was 81 yards by Rashaad Penny of San Diego State vs. Army in 2018 ... it’s an AAC bowl record, as well ... the previous record was a 79-yard run by Cincinnati’s Jerome Ford against Georgia on Jan. 1, 2021 in the Peach Bowl ... it’s tied as the 3rd-longest rushing play in AAC history behind a 97-yard TD run by Ta-Zhawn Henry of Houston at South Florida (Nov. 6, 2021) and a 96-yard TD run by Adrian Killins Jr. of UCF against Memphis (Sept. 30, 2017) and tied with a 95-yard TD run by Jaylan Knighton of SMU against Charlotte (Sept. 30, 2023) returned to the field against Army where he led Navy to a 31-13 victory and was named the co-MVP (Landon Robinson) of the game ... rushed for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns on 24 carries, while completing 4 of his 9 passes for 107 yards and a pair of TDs ... he is the first Navy QB to rush and pass for over 100 yards against Army since Keenan Reynolds did it in 2015 with 163 yards rushing and 113 yards passing ... Horvath was responsible for 4 touchdowns (2 rush / 2 pass), the most touchdownds responsible for by a Navy player against Army since Dec. 7, 2002, when Craig Candeto rushed for 6 TDs and passed for another in a 58-12 rout against Army ... Horvath’s 52-yard strike to Heidenreich gave him 13 touchdown passes for the season, tying the school record which Ricky Dobbs set in 2010 ... sat out the East Carolina game due to injury ... left the Tulane game with 5:43 remaining in the 1st quarter due to injury and returned to play the final 3:55 of the 2nd quarter ... he did not play in the 2nd half ... carried the ball 5 times for 25 yards and failed to complete his lone pass against the Green Wave ... completed 6 of his 11 passes for 58 yards and a 38-yard touchdown pass to Alex Tecza at USF ... carried the ball a career-high tying 19 times for 56 yards and a 10-yard touchdown in the win ... reached the 1,000-yard rushing mark for his career at USF ... paced the team in rushing at Rice with 64 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries ... completed 10 of his 21 passes for 120 yards and 2 interceptions, while also topping the 1,000-yard passing mark for his career ... Navy’s leading rusher against #12 Notre Dame, he carried the ball 14 times for 129 yards and a 47-yard touchdown ... completed 7 of his 13 passes for 88 yards and an interception ... in addition to his pick, he also fumbled twice in the contest ... completed 7 of his 13 passes for 117 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also carrying the ball 13 times for 56 yards as the team’s second-leading rusher in the Homecoming win over Charlotte ... threw touchdown passes to Alex Tecza 46 yds, Cody Howard 11 yds and Brandon Chatman 19 yds to becoming Navy’s first QB with 3 touchdown passes in a game since Keenan Reynolds threw 3 at Central Michigan on Oct. 11, 2012 ... Navy’s leading rusher at Air Force, he carried the ball 19 times for 115 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... completed 9 of his career-high 15 pass attempts for 134 yards ... completed 9 of his 11 passes for a career-high 225 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Navy to victory at UAB in its first road trip of the season ... with his 77-yard touchdown pass to Nathan Kent and his 74-yard touchdown pass to Eli Heidenreich, he is believed to be the first Navy QB in school history to throw for multiple 70-yard touchdown passes in the same game ... he is the only player in the FBS this season to throw multiple 70-plus-yard touchdown passes in a game ... he is the first Navy QB to throw for 200 yards in a game since Dalen Morris threw for 206 yards against Houston on Oct. 24, 2020 ... also led the Mids in rushing with 84 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown ... received multiple national awards for his performance against nationally-ranked Memphis - Maxwell Award National Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien National Co-Quarterback of the Week, DC Touchdown Club Player of the Week, Manning Stars of the Week, Davey O’Brien Great 8 and AAC Offensive Player of the Week ... also received a helmet sticker from ESPN for a second-consecutive game ... he carried the ball 12 times for 211 yards and 4 touchdowns, caught his first-collegiate pass (13 yds) and completed 9 of his 12 passes for 192 yards and a pair of touchdowns against the Tigers ... his 416 yards of total offense were just 12 off the school record set by Will Worth against USF on Oct. 28, 2016 (428 / 129 rush / 299 pass) and the third most in program history ... he is the first Navy player to reach the 400-yard mark for total offense since Worth set the school record ... his 6 combined touchdowns (4 rush / 2 pass) are the most combined touchdowns since Malcolm Perry’s 6 (4 rush / 2 pass) against East Carolina on Sept. 14, 2019 ... he is the first Navy player to score 4 touchdowns since Jamale Carothers scored 5 rushing touchdowns at Houston on Nov. 30, 2019 ... he is the first Navy QB with 200 yards rushing and 100 yards passing since Zach Abey (235 rush / 110 pass) at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 1, 2017 ... he is the first Navy QB with 150 yards rushing and 150 yards passing since Malcolm Perry (195 rush / 162 pass) vs. SMU on Nov. 23, 2019 ... he is the first Navy QB with consecutive games with 100 yards rushing and 100 yards passing since Zach Abey did it in 3-consecutive games (Louisiana Tech, 12-23-16 / Florida Atlantic, 9-1-17 / Tulane, 9-9-17) ... his 90-yard touchdown run is tied for the fifth-longest run in school history and the longest by a Navy player since Acie’s 90-yarder against East Carolina ... his 211 rush yards are the most by a Navy player since Malcolm Perry’s 213 yards against Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31, 2019 ... he is the first Navy QB to catch a pass since Kai Puailoa-Rojas threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Tai Lavatai in 2022 ... with touchdown passes in both games, he is the first Navy player to throw 3 touchdown passes in the first-2 games of a season ... named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 following his performance against Temple in the AAC opener ... also named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 and received the final helmet sticker from ESPN ... carried the ball 15 times for a career-high 122 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also completing 5 of his 9 passes for a career-best 112 yards and a TD against the Owls ... he is the first Navy player with 100 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game since Tai Lavatai had 13 yards passing and 120 yards rushing against SMU on Oct. 14, 2022 ... he is the first Navy player with 3 rushing touchdowns in a game since Daba Fofana scored 3 against Tulsa on Oct. 8, 2022 ... his 2-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter was the first rushing TD of his career ... his 62-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the longest run from scrimmage at the time in his career ... made the start at quarterback against Bucknell in the opener where he completed 7 of his 12 passes for a career-high 108 yards and 2 touchdowns, while carrying the ball 7 times for 33 yards ... it marked his first-collegiate 100-yard passing game ... threw touchdown passes of 9 (Eli Heidenreich) and 42 yards (Brandon Chatman) for his second-career 2-touchdown contest (USF, 2023) ... also threw his first-career interception.
• 2023: A starter in 1 of the 4 games in which he appeared ... closed out the year completing 6 of his 12 passes (50.0) for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns ... also carried the ball 37 times for 183 yards (4.9 yds/carry, 45.8 yds/gm) ... earned his first-collegiate start against North Texas, but exited the game with an injury late in the second quarter and missed the rest of the season ... was the team’s second-leading rusher with 88 yards on 18 carries and failed to complete either of his 2 pass attempts... completed 4 of his 6 passes for 83 yards and 2 touchdowns against USF ... carried the ball 10 times for 52 yards ... he is the first Navy QB to throw 2 touchdown passes in a game since Tai Lavatai threw 2 against East Carolina on Nov. 20, 2021 ... threw a career-long 68-yard touchdown pass (7:28, 4Qtr) to Eli Heidenreich ... it was the longest completion by a Navy player since Tyger Goslin threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Myles Fells against Air Force on Oct. 3, 2020 ... entered the Memphis game with 10:47 remaining in the contest, finishing with 49 yards rushing on 7 carries and missing on his only throw ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ home opener against Wagner ... completed 2 of his 3 passes for a yard and carried the ball twice for a loss of 6 yards.
• 2022: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Hilliard Darby High School in Hilliard, Ohio, Horvath was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in basketball (4) and football (3) ... two-time (Jr / Sr) First-Team All-Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) and First-Team All-District standout who earned Third-Team All-State (Ohio) honors as a junior and Second Team as a senior ... named the OCC Cardinal Division Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... served as captain of the football team his senior year ... set school records for rushing touchdowns in a season and career (49), total touchdowns in a career (57), rushing touchdowns in a game and rushing yards in a season ... as a senior, he rushed for 1,722 yards on 234 carries and scored 28 touchdowns ... additionally, he completed 26 of his 65 passes for 515 yards and 5 TDs ... member of the National Honor Society ... son of Alan and Laura Horvath ... majoring in operations research, he has a 3.67 grade-point average ... earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during both semesters of his junior year.
