Personal
Horford was selected to be on the packaging of the video game NBA Ballers: Chosen One with fellow center of the Orlando Magic Dwight Howard. Horford has a younger brother named Jon Horford currently attending the University of Michigan. Horford's father Tito Horford was an NBA player. Horford's uncle Kelly Horford played for Florida Atlantic University in the 90's. Horford is a member of the Nike basketball brand. Horford appeared in a music video for Ciara's song Never Ever. He married former Miss Universe Amelia Vega on December 24, 2011, in the Dominican Republic.
Horford, having grown up in the Dominican Republic until he was a teenager, is bilingual in English and Spanish and wrote a blog in Spanish for NBA.com for a brief period of time.
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