SEATTLE — Tyler Lockett tweeted {a picture|an image} of himself last {thursday|Thursday|Th|weekday} afternoon and wrote, “No {more|additional|a lot of} running…Embrace the platform.”
That night, {after|when|once} he torched the Rams for {130|one hundred thirty|a hundred thirty} yards and a touchdown, he talked {about|concerning|regarding} “the {bigger|larger} picture” {and how|and the way} he “couldn’t run {away from|faraway from|far from|aloof from|off from|removed from} this platform that God had given {me|Maine|Pine Tree State|ME|American state}.”
So what, exactly, was the platform he {wanted|needed|wished} to embrace? And what had changed?
“I {always|invariably|continuously|continually|forever|perpetually} {wanted|needed|wished} {to do|to try to to|to try and do} that {when I|once I|after I} came out of {high school|highschool} and {went to|visited} {college|school|faculty},” {said|aforesaid|aforementioned|same} Lockett, the Seahawks’ {second-year|sophomore|intermediate} receiver. “I understood the position {i was|i used to be} {going to|getting to|progressing to|attending to|reaching to|planning to|aiming to|about to} be in, {and the|and therefore the|and also the} {way|method|means|approach|manner} I {wanted|needed|wished} {to do|to try to to|to try and do} {it was|it had been|it absolutely was} {to show|to point out|to indicate} {people|individuals|folks} by my {lifestyle|life style|life-style|modus vivendi|manner|mode|style|way|fashion} that God was real. I knew that {the higher|the upper} I went, the {more|additional|a lot of} {i was|i used to be} {going to|getting to|progressing to|attending to|reaching to|planning to|aiming to|about to} {have to|need to|got to|have to be compelled to|ought to} be {able to|ready to|able to} represent it. So I’ve been trying to do that.”
For someone who grew up with a famous dad and was a star at Kansas State in college, Lockett is, by nature, apprehensive of attention. After he scored his first touchdown for the Seahawks as a rookie last season, he surprised his closest friends and family by…dancing.
“I can tell you one thing,” his uncle, Aaron Lockett, said last year. “You never in a million years could have paid us enough money to think that he would dance after a touchdown. That’s how I know he’s comfortable in his own skin.”
He talks about the simplicity of high school football with nostalgia, even as he sits in the plush comforts of the Seahawks’ locker room: a ping-pong table a few steps away, an abundance of food a short walk up the stairs.
“I really don’t want attention at all,” Lockett said. “If it was up to me, I would literally not do anything. It’s like high school: You just want to play and go home.”
So at times he has tried that strategy: staying at home, keeping to himself, avoiding the media when possible. For one thing, he is obsessive about his pre- and post-practice routines and doesn’t like disturbing them. (For another, he is practical about his NFL-mandated media requirements: “I just had to accept it and get used to it otherwise I get a $50,000 fine,” he said.)
It can be hard, he said, because sometimes he just wants to be left alone. But he realized recently that he couldn’t share his message about God without putting himself out there.
“You can’t have one without the other,” he said.
Lockett’s faith is central to him. Before the draft, his dad, Kevin, was concerned that Tyler would end up on a team that didn’t have enough players who shared his lifestyle and beliefs. Kevin played in the NFL and worried that in the wrong environment, Tyler’s love of the game would fade, and he wouldn’t realize his potential.
That night, {after|when|once} he torched the Rams for {130|one hundred thirty|a hundred thirty} yards and a touchdown, he talked {about|concerning|regarding} “the {bigger|larger} picture” {and how|and the way} he “couldn’t run {away from|faraway from|far from|aloof from|off from|removed from} this platform that God had given {me|Maine|Pine Tree State|ME|American state}.”
So what, exactly, was the platform he {wanted|needed|wished} to embrace? And what had changed?
“I {always|invariably|continuously|continually|forever|perpetually} {wanted|needed|wished} {to do|to try to to|to try and do} that {when I|once I|after I} came out of {high school|highschool} and {went to|visited} {college|school|faculty},” {said|aforesaid|aforementioned|same} Lockett, the Seahawks’ {second-year|sophomore|intermediate} receiver. “I understood the position {i was|i used to be} {going to|getting to|progressing to|attending to|reaching to|planning to|aiming to|about to} be in, {and the|and therefore the|and also the} {way|method|means|approach|manner} I {wanted|needed|wished} {to do|to try to to|to try and do} {it was|it had been|it absolutely was} {to show|to point out|to indicate} {people|individuals|folks} by my {lifestyle|life style|life-style|modus vivendi|manner|mode|style|way|fashion} that God was real. I knew that {the higher|the upper} I went, the {more|additional|a lot of} {i was|i used to be} {going to|getting to|progressing to|attending to|reaching to|planning to|aiming to|about to} {have to|need to|got to|have to be compelled to|ought to} be {able to|ready to|able to} represent it. So I’ve been trying to do that.”
For someone who grew up with a famous dad and was a star at Kansas State in college, Lockett is, by nature, apprehensive of attention. After he scored his first touchdown for the Seahawks as a rookie last season, he surprised his closest friends and family by…dancing.
“I can tell you one thing,” his uncle, Aaron Lockett, said last year. “You never in a million years could have paid us enough money to think that he would dance after a touchdown. That’s how I know he’s comfortable in his own skin.”
He talks about the simplicity of high school football with nostalgia, even as he sits in the plush comforts of the Seahawks’ locker room: a ping-pong table a few steps away, an abundance of food a short walk up the stairs.
“I really don’t want attention at all,” Lockett said. “If it was up to me, I would literally not do anything. It’s like high school: You just want to play and go home.”
So at times he has tried that strategy: staying at home, keeping to himself, avoiding the media when possible. For one thing, he is obsessive about his pre- and post-practice routines and doesn’t like disturbing them. (For another, he is practical about his NFL-mandated media requirements: “I just had to accept it and get used to it otherwise I get a $50,000 fine,” he said.)
It can be hard, he said, because sometimes he just wants to be left alone. But he realized recently that he couldn’t share his message about God without putting himself out there.
“You can’t have one without the other,” he said.
Lockett’s faith is central to him. Before the draft, his dad, Kevin, was concerned that Tyler would end up on a team that didn’t have enough players who shared his lifestyle and beliefs. Kevin played in the NFL and worried that in the wrong environment, Tyler’s love of the game would fade, and he wouldn’t realize his potential.
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