Seahawks lock up Lockette
Former Monroe and Fort Valley State star Ricardo Lockette — who posted the fourth-fastest time at the NFL Combine earlier this year, but then went undrafted in April — sifts through 12 offers from teams Monday and decides to join the Seahawks, who give him a three-year deal.
Posted: 11:14 PM Jul 26, 2011
Reporter: Danny Aller
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Former Monroe and Fort Valley star Ricardo Lockette may have only caught 23 passes for 262 yards in his senior season for the Wildcats last year, but he wowed scouts at the NFL Combine with his blazing speed.
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ALBANY — Go ahead, take a walk out to the infamous sand dunes near the Albany State football field. See that mammoth new path trudged in the middle? The one so wide it looks like team a bulldozers made it?
That’s what Ricardo Lockette has been up to for the last three months.
And Tuesday, that hard work finally paid off.
“I’ve been training like a Spartan. I created my own new path in those dunes, man,