Tyler Deron Lockett was born on September 28,1992 and is an American football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
62 Facts About Tyler Lockett
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Tyler Lockett was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
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Tyler Lockett 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.
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Tyler Lockett was selected to the 2015 Pro Football Writers Association NFL All-Rookie Team at three positions.
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Tyler Lockett 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.
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Tyler Lockett helped lead the Booker T Washington Hornets to Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association championships in both football and basketball.
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Tyler Lockett 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.
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Tyler 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.
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Tyler Lockett captured a regional title in the 100-meter dash at the 2011 State 5A Regional, placing first with a time of 10.85 seconds.
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Tyler Lockett earned third-place finishes in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at the 5A state finals.
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Tyler Lockett was rated as the 16th best high school football player in the state of Oklahoma class of 2011 by Rivals.
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Tyler Lockett chose Kansas State over a scholarship offer from Kansas.
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Tyler 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.
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Tyler Lockett had hoped to redshirt during the 2011 season, which was his freshman year, so that he could add size.
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Tyler Lockett played in 2011 as a true freshman and got off to a modest start.
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Tyler Lockett was a first-team All-American selection by Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation, and a second-team All-American selection by CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated.
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Tyler Lockett picked up numerous All-Freshman honors from Sporting News, Football Writers Association of America, CBS Sports, Rivals.
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Tyler Lockett failed to play in 75 percent of the Wildcats' games in order to be eligible to be the NCAA statistical leader for average kickoff return yardage.
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Tyler Lockett entered the season as a preseason All-Big 12 first team selection by the Big 12 media as a kickoff returner, but ESPN only listed him as an honorable mention selection, giving the first team honor to Oklahoma State's Justin Gilbert.
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Tyler Lockett was a 2012 All-Big 12 honorable mention selection both at wide receiver and special teams.
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Tyler Lockett was an honorable mention All-American return specialist selection by Sports Illustrated.
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One week later, Tyler Lockett caught 12 passes for 278 yards and 3 touchdowns against Oklahoma.
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Tyler Lockett broke his own Kansas State single-game record for receiving yards and surpassed Darren Sproles for the Kansas State single-game all-purpose yards record.
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Tyler Lockett's performance marked the most receptions by any receiver in a Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl and the most receptions in a Bowl game by a Kansas State receiver.
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Tyler Lockett entered his senior season as a preseason All-Big 12 selection as well as a Walter Camp Award, Maxwell Award, Paul Hornung Award, and Biletnikoff Award watchlist candidate.
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The effort boosted Tyler Lockett's career receiving yardage total to 3,073 yards, surpassing his father's school record total of 3,032 set in 1996.
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Tyler Lockett added 13 receptions for 164 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns against UCLA in the January 2,2015 Alamo Bowl.
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Tyler Lockett established Alamo Bowl records for receptions and all-purpose yards.
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Tyler Lockett was an all-purpose first team selection to the 2014 College Football All-America Team by ESPN, CBS Sports, Scout.
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Tyler Lockett was a first team punt returner selection by the Football Writers Association of America.
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Tyler Lockett was a second team selection by USA Today at wide receiver, Walter Camp Foundation at return specialist, and Associated Press as an all-purpose player.
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Tyler Lockett was selected to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl.
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Tyler Lockett was recognized as the 2014 Big 12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Tyler Lockett was recognized as one of five First team Senior All-Americans from the 2014 Senior CLASS Award candidates.
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Tyler Lockett finished his college career with 249 receptions for 3,710 yards and 29 touchdowns as a receiver; 77 kickoff returns for 2,196 yards and 4 touchdowns; 32 punt returns for 488 yards and 2 touchdowns; and 22 rushes for 192 yards as well as 6 career tackles.
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Four weeks later, in his NFL regular season debut, Tyler Lockett returned a 57-yard punt for a touchdown on his first career return, against the St Louis Rams.
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Tyler Lockett posted 4 receptions for 34 yards in his debut.
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Tyler Lockett returned a 105-yard kick return in week 3 against the Chicago Bears, setting a new franchise record.
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Tyler Lockett was the first Seahawks rookie to win the award since Joey Galloway.
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Tyler Lockett posted his first career touchdown reception on Thursday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers on October 22,2015.
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One week later, Tyler Lockett had his first 100-yard receiving game and his second multi touchdown game with 104 yards, and a two-touchdown winning effort against the Baltimore Ravens.
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Tyler Lockett was named Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for his performance against the Ravens.
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On December 22,2015, Tyler Lockett was selected to be part of the 2016 Pro Bowl.
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Tyler Lockett was one of only three rookies to be selected to the Pro Bowl, along with Rams running back Todd Gurley and Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters.
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Tyler Lockett joined Gale Sayers as the only rookie to record at least 5 receiving touchdowns, a punt return touchdown, and a kickoff return touchdown.
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Tyler Lockett was the only rookie to be named to the Associated Press All-Pro 1st team.
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Tyler Lockett was voted along with teammate Thomas Rawls to be in the Pro Football Writers Association NFL All-Rookie Team.
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Tyler Lockett was selected to the team at three positions: wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.
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Tyler Lockett finished the 2016 season with 41 catches for 597 yards and a touchdown.
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Tyler Lockett suffered a fracture to his right tibia and fibula while making a 28-yard catch in a Week 16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
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Tyler Lockett had surgery later that night and was placed on injured reserve on December 27,2016.
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In Week 11, Tyler Lockett returned five kickoffs for 197 yards, including a 57-yarder, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
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Tyler Lockett finished the season with 45 receptions for 555 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns to go along with 37 kick returns for 949 net return yards and one kick return touchdown.
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Tyler Lockett finished the season as the Seahawks leading receiver with 57 receptions for 965 yards and 10 touchdowns, all career highs.
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Tyler Lockett was ranked 98th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.
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Tyler Lockett was named to the Pro Bowl on January 17,2020, as an alternate.
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Tyler Lockett was ranked 65th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.
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Tyler Lockett was ranked 76th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
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Tyler Lockett started off the season with a 100-yard, two-touchdown game in a victory over the Indianapolis Colts and 178-yard, one-touchdown game against the Tennessee Titans.
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Tyler Lockett finished with 73 receptions for 1,175 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns.
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Tyler Lockett was born to Nicole Edwards and Kevin Tyler Lockett who, having played at Kansas State from 1993 to 1996, was the school's all-time leading receiver before being passed by his son, and played in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tyler Lockett published a book of poems called Reflection in 2019.