Tyler Deron Lockett is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Lockett played college football at Kansas State. He is the son and nephew of professional football players, and was a prominent member of three state high school championship teams.
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Tyler Deron Lockett is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Lockett played college football at Kansas State. He set numerous Kansas State football records and was both a 2011 All-American & 2014 College Football All-America Team consensus All- American selection. In college, he totaled 6,586 career all-purpose yards and 35 touchdowns, including 3,710 yards and 29 touchdowns as a receiver. He is the son and nephew of professional football players, and was a prominent member of three state high school championship teams. Both his father, Kevin, and uncle, Aaron, played the wide receiver for the Kansas State Wildcats team from 2011 to 2014. In high school, Lockett was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track and field. He captured a regional title in the 100-meter dash at the 2011 State 5A Regional, placing first with a time of 10. 85 seconds. In 2012, he was an honorable mention All-Big 12 performer for the 2012 team. As a senior for the 2014 team, he surpassed his own father’s school records for career receiving yards, career receptions and career receiving touchdowns. He became the second rookie to win multiple Special Teams Player Of The Month awards and was the only rookie to be named 1st team All Pro for the2015 NFL season. He also was the Big 12 Conference leader in receiving yards and the national leader in punt return average.
In track & field,Lockett was one of the state’s top sprinters. He earned third-place finishes in both the 100m dash and the 200m dash at the 5A state finals. In basketball, his team reached the state championship game, where Booker T. Washington defeated El Reno High School 72–59 to win the 2011 OSSA 5A Championship. In football, he played several positions in high school and he was voted All-State by the Oklahoma Coaches Association as a defensive back and Class 5A All- state as a wide receiver. In 2013, he had several notable contributions to the team on its way to the school’s first football OSSAA championship in 24 years. He played most of the year with a broken wrist that had at first been diagnosed as a severe sprain. He suffered the injury in the second game of the football season and did not have a screw put in his wrist until after basketball season. In September 2015, he posted both a punt and kickoff return touchdown in his first three games. According to Scout. com, Lockitt was ranked as the No. 115 cornerback in the state of Oklahoma, and the No 170th wide receiver in the national class of 2011 by ESPN.com. He chose Kansas State over a scholarship offer from Kansas State University, where he played for coach Bill Snyder’s football team in 2011 and 2012. He won the 2015 Pro Football Writers Association NFL All-Rookie Team at three positions.
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