Kansas State alum Tyler Lockett ‘most dangerous return man in football’

Peter King of Sports Illustrated named former Kansas State player Tyler Lockett special teams player of the week in the NFL Monday after Lockett ran back a kick for a touchdown for the second time this season and the fourth time overall, including the pre-season.

“With the Bears clinging to life, losing just 6-0 to start the second half, kicker Robbie Gould booted the kickoff halfway into the end zone,” King wrote for Sports Illustrated. “Lockett received it. No one touched him for the next 105 yards. Touchdown. Ballgame. Lockett, the rookie third-round pick from Kansas State, is officially the most dangerous return man in football right now.”

You can watch video of Lockett’s return here: It broke the Seahawks’ record for longest return TD.

Lockett is currently on pace for eight return touchdowns this year, (10 including the preseason), which would break the NFL record of six set by Devin Hester in 2007. Lockett has begun his career in a similar fashion to Hester, the all-time punt and kick return leader, who also scored on a return in his first game back in 2006 and now has 20 return touchdowns for his career.

WATCH ALL OF LOCKETT’S TOUCHDOWNS

His kick return for a touchdown was one of the few highlights of the Seahawks’ first preseason game against the Broncos:

He scored the Seattle Seahawks’ first touchdown of the year in a regular season game on his first professional punt return.

Here is Tyler Locket’s punt-return for a TD against the San Diego Chargers in the pre-season, set to Mario Kart music:

The Seahawks discovered that, like at Kansas State, he can catch, too. Here he is catching a 63-yard touchdown pass in their final game of the preseason this year:

This week’s touchdown has to be viewed directly on YouTube here.

This story was originally published September 28, 2015 at 1:18 PM with the headline "Kansas State alum Tyler Lockett ‘most dangerous return man in football’."