Tyler Lockett Tyler Lockett ( born September 28 , 1992 ) is an American college football wide receiver , punt returner and kickoff returner for the Kansas State Wildcats football team of Kansas State University . He has completed his junior season for the 2013 team . Lockett is the son and nephew of professional football players , and was a prominent member of three state high school championship teams — two in football and a third in basketball . 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 recognized as a consensus All - American return specialist afterward . In 2012 , he was an honorable mention All - Big 12 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 . Early years . Lockett was born in Tulsa , Oklahoma . He attended Booker T . Washington High School in Tulsa , where he helped lead the Booker T . Washington Hornets to Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association ( OSSAA ) championships in both high school football and basketball . As a sophomore he had 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 basketball season . 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 . Lockett 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 . Lockett reached the state championship game in basketball , 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 . Lockett also finished third in the 2011 OSSAA Class 5A state track and field championships in both the 100 meters ( 11 . 08 seconds ) and the 200 meters ( 21 . 9 seconds ) . College career . Lockett received an athletic scholarship to attend Kansas State University , where he has played for coach Bill Snyder ' s Kansas State Wildcats football team since 2011 . Both his father Kevin and uncle Aaron played wide receiver for the K - State Wildcats under Snyder . The Wildcats ' receivers coach , Michael Smith , has also coached Lockett , his father and his uncle . Freshman ( 2011 ) . He had hoped to redshirt during the 2011 season , which was his freshman year , so that he could add size . He played in 2011 as a true freshman and got off to a modest start . Lockett only recorded four receptions for 50 yards , three rushes for nine yards , one kickoff return for ten yards and two punt returns for a total of 13 yards in his first five games through October 8 . Things started to turn around on October 15 when he posted a 100 - yard return of a kickoff for a touchdown against Texas Tech . Over the ensuing weeks , he earned numerous Big 12 Conference honors for the 2011 team , including becoming a two - time Big Special Teams Player of the Week . His first Player of the Week recognition came on October 24 after he produced a 251 - yard all - purpose yards performance on October 22 against Kansas in the Governor ' s Cup that included posting a 97 - yard kickoff return touchdown while becoming the first player in school history to return kickoffs for touchdown s in consecutive games and having a career high five - reception 110 - yard receiving day . His other Player of the Week recognition that season came on November 7 after a 315 - yard all - purpose yard November 5 game against Oklahoma State that included an 80 - yard kickoff return and three rushes for 84 yards as well as three receptions for 32 yards and a touchdown . Due to what was at first an undisclosed injury , he did not play in the final three games of Kansas State ' s regular season . Later , the injury was determined to be a lacerated kidney . In the four games before the injury , he had at least three receptions and 125 all - purpose yards in each game . He was the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year , a second - team All - Big 12 selection as a kickoff returner / punt returner , and an honorable mention selection as a wide receiver . He 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 " . As a result of the extent of his honors , he was recognized as a consensus All - American by the NCAA . He also picked up numerous All - Freshman honors from " Sporting News " , Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) , CBS Sports , Rivals . com ( 2nd team ) and " College Football News " ( honorable mention , WR ) . 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 . Although Lockett averaged 35 . 19 yards per return ( 16 returns for 563 yards ) , another freshman , Raheem Mostert of Purdue , led the NCAA statistical category with a 33 . 48 average . Sophomore ( 2012 ) . 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 Justin Gilbert . On September 15 , Lockett posted his third career kickoff return touchdown against North Texas , by returning a first quarter kickoff 96 yards . He earned Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors on September 17 . On October 20 , he posted career highs in receptions ( 9 ) , receiving yards ( 194 ) and receiving TDs ( 2 ) against West Virginia , giving him the fifth highest single - game receiving yardage total in school history . His fourth career kickoff return touchdown occurred on November 3 against Oklahoma State . This earned Lockett another Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week . On November 15 , Lockett earned a second team Academic All - Big 12 selection . Lockett was a 2012 All - Big 12 honorable mention selection both at wide receiver and special teams . He was also an honorable mention All - American return specialist selection by " Sports Illustrated " . Junior ( 2013 ) . He opened the season with 7 receptions for 113 yards , including a 56 - yard touchdown pass , against North Dakota State on August 30 . The following week , he added 111 yards against Louisiana – Lafayette on 8 receptions . On September 21 , he connected with quarterback Jake Waters for 13 receptions for 237 yards against Texas in the 2013 Big 12 Conference season opener and had an additional 96 return yards on kickoffs . 237 receiving yards is a Kansas State single - game record , surpassing Jordy Nelson ' s 214 yards against Iowa State on November 3 , 2007 . This receiving yardage total was the 2nd highest in the first four weeks of the season behind Texas A & M wideout Mike Evans ' 297 yards . Lockett suffered a hamstring injury in the first half of the October 5 contest against Oklahoma State . He returned to the lineup on October 26 , to post three touchdowns and 111 yards on 8 receptions and help Kansas State achieve its first Big 12 win of the season against West Virginia . On November 16 , Lockett posted 8 receptions for 123 yards , including a 74 - yard touchdown reception against TCU . One week later , Lockett caught 12 passes for 278 yards and 3 touchdowns against Oklahoma . He also returned 5 kickoffs for 162 yards . 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 ( 440 ) . Tyler Lockett was named the Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on November 25 upon becoming the all - time Kansas state leader in career kickoff return yards with 1780 . His 278 single - game receiving yards was fourth in Big 12 history and his 440 single - game all - purpose yards ranked second in Big 12 history and fifth in FBS history . Following the season , he was recognized as an All - Big 12 Conference first team selection as both a wide receiver and an all - purpose player . FWAA named him second team All - American at wide receiver and Sports Illustrated gave him honorable mention All - American recognition as an all - purpose player . In the December 28 , 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl , Lockett had 10 receptions for 116 yards and 3 touchdowns . It 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 . Personal . Tyler was born to Nicole Edwards and Kevin Lockett who , having played at K - State from 1993 to 1996 , is the school ' s all - time leading receiver . His uncle , Aaron , who played at K - State from 1998 to 2001 , is their fourth all - time leading receiver as well as their second all - time leading punt returner . Aaron also holds Big 12 Conference records and set the school record in the 60 meters . Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder had coached his father and uncle . His paternal grandparents are John and Beatrice Lockett .