Tyler Lockett

Tyler Deron Lockett (born September 28, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL).

Lockett was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Nicole Edwards and Kevin Lockett, who played at Kansas State from 1993 to 1996, was the school's all-time leading receiver before being passed by his son, and also played in the NFL, for the Kansas City Chiefs and three other teams.

His uncle Aaron played for Kansas State from 1998 to 2001, was their fourth all-time leading receiver and second all-time leading punt returner, and won a Grey Cup with the BC Lions in 2006.

Aaron also holds Big 12 Conference records and set the school record in the 60 meters.

His younger brother, Sterling, committed to Kansas State for their 2022 recruitment class.

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder had coached his father and uncle.

He attended Barnard Elementary, Carver Middle School, and then Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track and field.

He helped lead the Booker T. Washington Hornets to Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) championships in both football and basketball.

As a sophomore, he made several notable contributions to the team on its way to the school's first football OSSAA championship in 24 years.

As a junior, Lockett 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 the basketball season ended.

Booker T. Washington compiled a 13–1 record and won the 2010 OSSAA 5A championship in football his senior year.

Lockett 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.

His All-State selection got him invited to the state East–West All-Star game.

In addition to football, Lockett also was a top competitor in basketball and track.

In college, he set numerous Kansas State football records and was both a 2011 All-American (as a kickoff returner) and 2014 College Football All-America Team consensus All-American selection (as a punt returner).

In college, he totaled 6,586 career all-purpose yards and 35 touchdowns, including 3,710 yards and 29 touchdowns as a receiver.

Through the first nine games of his freshman college season for the 2011 Wildcats, Lockett led the nation in average yards per kickoff return, but he was injured and missed the rest of the season.

Nonetheless, he was afterward recognized as an All-American return specialist.

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.

He was voted to the all-tournament second team.

In track & field, Lockett was one of the state's top sprinters.

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.

He earned third-place finishes in both the 100-meter dash (10.95 s) and the 200-meter dash (21.90 s) at the 5A state finals.

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Lockett was ranked as the number 16 player in the state of Oklahoma, and the No. 170 nationally by ESPN.com.

According to Scout.com, he was ranked as the No. 115 cornerback in the nation.

He was rated as the 16th best high school football player in the state of Oklahoma class of 2011 by Rivals.com, the 115th best cornerback in the national class of 2011 by Scout.com, and the 170th best wide receiver in the class by ESPN.com.

He chose Kansas State over a scholarship offer from Kansas.

Lockett received an athletic scholarship to attend Kansas State University, where he played for coach Bill Snyder's Kansas State Wildcats football team from 2011 to 2014.

Both his father Kevin and uncle Aaron played wide receiver for the Wildcats under Snyder.

In 2012, he was an honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference performer for the 2012 team.

In 2013, he was a first team All-Big 12 performer for the 2013 team at both wide receiver and all-purpose receiver.

That season, he established Kansas State school records for single-game receiving yards, single game all-purpose yards and career kickoff return yards.

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.

As a senior, he was the Big 12 Conference leader in receiving yards and the national leader in punt return average.

He was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats.

A two-time Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, Lockett began his NFL career as NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September 2015 when he scored both a punt and kickoff return touchdown in his first three games.

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 the 2015 NFL season.

He was selected to the 2015 Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA) NFL All-Rookie Team at three positions.