Tyler Lockett is pretty good at this whole returning kicks thing.
The Seattle Seahawks rookie turned heads in the preseason when he took a kickoff 103 yards to paydirt against the Denver Broncos, so the bar was set pretty high in the team’s regular-season opener against the St. Louis Rams.
Here’s how he responded to that challenge:
Tyler Lockett.
57 yards.
To. The. HOUSE! #SEAvsSTL http://t.co/gbOWYqz8qh— NFL (@NFL) September 13, 2015
Yep, that’s right. Lockett scored a 57-yard touchdown Sunday on his first-ever regular season punt return.
The third-round draft pick out of Kansas State also made a bit of team history, as the Seahawks hadn’t had a player take a punt to the house since Nate Burleson (remember him?) did it back in 2007.
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