Tyler Lockett
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Tyler Deron Lockett (born September 28, 1992) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL draft. 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. In his freshman college season for the 2011 Wildcats, Lockett was an All-American return specialist, despite being injured after nine games and missing the rest of the season. 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 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 father's school career records for receiving yards, receptions and receiving touchdowns. As a senior, he was the Big 12 Conference leader in receiving yards and the national leader in punt return average. Lockett was selected by the Seattle Seahawks 69th overall in the third round of the 2015 NFL draft. In his first season, he was the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September, scoring 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 also selected to the 2015 Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA) NFL All-Rookie Team at three positions. Lockett became a starting wide receiver and amassed over 1,000 receiving yards in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Lockett's totals of 8,594 receiving yards, 661 receptions and 61 receiving touchdowns are second in franchise history, behind only Steve Largent.