Kai Locksley

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Kai Locksley
Born: (1996-11-17) November 17, 1996 (age 27)
Westport, New York, U.S.
Career information
StatusActive
CFL status American
Position(s) QB/WR
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
College UTEP
High school Gilman School
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Career history
As player
2021* Miami Dolphins
2022–2023 Edmonton Elks
2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career stats
Rushing attempts74
Rushing yards148
Rushing touchdowns9
Receptions 20
Receiving yards345
Receiving touchdowns1

Kai Locksley (born November 17, 1996) is an American professional Canadian football quarterback and wide receiver who is a free agent. He most recently played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Locksley played college football at Texas, Arizona Western College, Iowa Western Community College and University of Texas at El Paso.

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Early life and high school

Locksley grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended the Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played football and basketball. [1] He was named second-team Private School All-State by the Associated Press after passing for 875 yards and five touchdowns and also rushing for 795 yards and 14 touchdowns during his junior season. [2] As a senior, Locksley repeated as a second-team All-State selection after he passed for 915 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 1,050 yards and 17 touchdowns. [3] He was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at Florida State entering his senior season. [4] Locksley flipped his commitment to the University of Texas shortly before National Signing Day. [5]

College career

Locksley began his college career at Texas and redshirted his freshman season. He was moved to wide receiver going into his redshirt freshman season. Prior to the start of the season, Locksley transferred to Arizona Western College, where he stayed for one semester and initially committed to transfer to Marshall. [6] He later opted to transfer instead to Iowa Western Community College. [7] In his lone season with the Reivers, he completed 176-of-265 pass attempts for 2,238 yards with 20 passing scores and six interceptions and also rushed for 705 yards and 20 touchdowns and was named the Spalding NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year. [8]

Locksley committed to transfer to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for his remaining collegiate eligibility. [6] In his first season with the Miners, he made eight starts at quarterback and passed for 937 yards and three touchdowns with nine interceptions while also rushing for 340 yards and six touchdowns. [9] As a senior, he played in 11 games and passed for 1,329 yards with six passing touchdowns and five interceptions and 535 rushing yards and scored five touchdowns. [10]

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

Locksley was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on March 22, 2021. [11] He played wide receiver while with Dolphins. [12] Locksley was waived at the end of training camp during final roster cuts on August 31, 2021. [13]

Edmonton Elks

Locksley was signed by Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League on January 12, 2022. [14] With the offense struggling early in the 2023 season, head coach Chris Jones turned to Locksley in the third quarter of the team's Week 3 match against the Toronto Argonauts, where he unfortunately fumbled the ball on his first snap which led to another touchdown for the opposition. [15] The next day, Locksley was released from the Elks. [16] In two seasons in Edmonton, he completed five of eight passes for 50 yards, and rushed the ball 55 times for 122 yards and seven touchdowns.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

On July 5, 2023, it was announced that Locksley had signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. [17] He played in 15 games where he recorded 26 carries for 31 yards and two touchdowns and three receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown. He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 13, 2024. [18]

Personal life

Locksley is the son of University of Maryland head coach Mike Locksley. [19] His older brother, Meiko, played college football at New Mexico, Iowa Western, and Lackawanna College. Meiko Locksley was murdered in 2017 in Columbia, Maryland. [20]

Locksley was suspended from the UTEP football team on June 8, 2019, after being arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession, making terroristic threats and illegal possession of a firearm. He was reinstated from his suspension on August 2, 2019. [21]

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  2. ↑ Champlin, Drew (June 12, 2014). "4-star dual-threat quarterback Kai Locksley visiting Alabama". AL.com . Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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