Kai Locksley (born November 17, 1996) is an American professional Canadian football quarterback and wide receiver for the

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of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Locksley played college football at Texas, Arizona Western College,

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and University of Texas at El Paso.

Early life and high school

Locksley grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended the

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, where he played football and basketball. 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. 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. He was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play

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at Florida State entering his senior season. Locksley flipped his commitment to the University of Texas shortly before National Signing Day.

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. He later opted to transfer instead to

. 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. Locksley committed to transfer to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for his remaining collegiate eligibility. 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. 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.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

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

Edmonton Elks

Locksley was signed by Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League on January 12, 2022. 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 Argos, unfortunately he fumbled the ball on his first snap which led to another touchdown for the opposition. The next day Locksley was released from the Elks. 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

Personal life

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

References

External links

Hamilton Tiger-Cats bioUTEP Miners bioTexas Longhorns bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Locksley, Kai 1996 births Living people Canadian football quarterbacks American players of Canadian football American football quarterbacks UTEP Miners football players Players of American football from Maryland Edmonton Elks players Iowa Western Reivers football players Miami Dolphins players Canadian football wide receivers Texas Longhorns football players Gilman School alumni