Aaron Lockett ( gridiron football ) Aaron Lockett ( born September 6 , 1978 ) is a former American football and Canadian football wide receiver ( WR ) and return specialist in the National Football League ( NFL ) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , San Francisco 49ers , and in the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) for the Ottawa Renegades and BC Lions . He played college football at Kansas State University where he set school and Big 12 Conference football and track and field records . His brother Kevin Lockett and nephew Tyler Lockett also played WR at Kansas State where they also set records . Lockett led the nation in punt return average for the 2000 NCAA Division I - A football season and was a 2nd team All - American . , he held the Big 12 Conference records for single - season punt return average ( 22 . 8 ) and longest pass reception ( 97 yards ) as well as Kansas State Wildcats records for Freshman receiving yards and the longest play from scrimmage . He was a four - time All - Big 12 selection and formerly held Kansas State records for career all - purpose yards and consecutive 100 - yard receiving games . As a track and field athlete , he is a former Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association ( OSSAA ) champion in both the 4 × 100 metres relay and the 100 metres , a former Kansas State Wildcats 60 metres record holder and one of the fastest NFL Combine 40 - yard dash participants of all - time . His professional career involved several short stints that included most of a season on the taxi squad for the 2002 49ers of the NFL and a few years with the BC Lions of the CFL . In his most productive professional season , he led the CFL in return yards for the 2005 CFL season College . On September 26 , 1998 , Michael Bishop connected with Lockett on a 97 yard touchdown against University of Louisiana at Monroe to set the Big 12 Conference record for longest pass reception . Lockett led the nation in punt return average with 22 . 8 yards and 3 touchdown s in 22 punt returns in 2000 , according to National Collegiate Athletic Association record books , although Big 12 record books claim he finished second in the nation . The average led the Big 12 , and it still stands as the Big 12 Conference single - season record . That season he was a second team All - American selection by the Associated Press . His 58 - yard punt return touchdown in the 2000 Big 12 Championship Game tied the score in the third quarter . In 2001 , he was an honorable mention All - American selection by CNN Sports Illustrated . Lockett was a 1998 All - Big 12 Conference honorable mention wide receiver , 1999 All - Big 12 Conference second team wide receiver , 2000 All - Big 12 Conference first team punt returner , 2001 All - Big 12 Conference second team kickoff returner . He was a four - time Big 12 Conference Special Teams player of the week : August 26 – September 2 , 2000 , September 16 , 2000 , November 18 , 2000 , and September 20 – 22 2001 . He established the following Kansas State Wildcats football records : He led Kansas in the following statistics : In track , placed 4th and 5th in the 60 metres at the 1998 and 2000 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships and set the Kansas State record of 6 . 69 seconds in the 1999 event . In 2001 , Terence Newman broke the record when he ran a 6 . 67 , and in 2002 Newman set the current school record of 6 . 62 . Lockett ' s time of 21 . 48 seconds in 2000 was second in school history in the 200 metres at the time . Lockett has one of the fastest 40 yard dash times at the NFL Combine since 2000 when times began being recorded electronically with fully automatic time electronic timing . Pro career . NFL . He was drafted in the 7th round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a compensatory selection . He signed with the 2002 Buccaneers in July of that year . The team released him at the end of training camp . He spent much of the 2002 NFL season on the taxi squad for the San Francisco 49ers , who signed him on October 1 , released him on November 19 , signed him on November 27 , and re - signed him for 2003 the following February . They released him in training camp in 2003 . CFL . In 2004 , Lockett signed with the Ottawa Renegades . At some point in the season , he became a member of the 2004 BC Lions that played in the 92nd Grey Cup . During the 2005 CFL season for the BC Lions , he fielded 61 kickoff return s , which was tied for fourth all - time in league history . That season , he led the CFL in return yards and became a Rogers CFL Player Awards nominee . He was released by the Lions during the 2006 CFL season after return blocking rule changes rendered him ineffective . Personal . Lockett ' s brother holds the Kansas state career receiving record . His nephew is the only Kansas State player to return kickoff s for touchdowns in consecutive games . His parents are John and Beatrice Lockett . He is an accomplished rapper .