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2018 Football Signing Day Roster

3 Kai Locksley

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Fort Washington, Md.

Biography

2018 (JUNIOR): Played in nine contests, making eight starts under center … missed a trio of games due to injury … led team in passing yards (937) and completions (83) … threw for three touchdowns… ranked second on team in rushing yards (340) and rushing touchdowns (six) … rushed for career-high 119 yards on 20 attempts (5.9 avg.) and two scores at UNLV … tallied 106 rushing yards and ran for a touchdown, while passing for 117 yards and a score at UTSA … found paydirt on a pair of rushing occasions during UTEP’s victory at Rice, while adding 193 yards on 13-of-21 passing … ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns at UNLV … threw for season-high 194 yards and tallied a touchdown rush against rival NM State … opened UTEP career with 120 yards passing (13-26) and 50 yards rushing against Northern Arizona. 

PRIOR TO UTEP: Named the 2017 Spalding® NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year and earned first-team All-America honors following a stellar sophomore season … guided the Reivers to an 11-1 overall record and a victory in The Graphic Edge Bowl … accounted for 40 total touchdowns in 2017 … threw for 2,238 yards on 176-of-265 passing (66.4 percent) with 20 passing scores and only six interceptions … rushed for 705 yards on 112 attempts (6.3 avg.) and a team-best 20 rushing scores … threw for a season-high 274 yards on a season-best 31 completions with four passing scores, while adding a rushing TD in Iowa Western’s bowl victory over Northwest Mississippi Community College … tossed four touchdowns on eight completions and rushed for another score against Highland Community College (Kan.) … hit 100-plus rushing yards in three different contests … rushed for a season-high 128 yards and three scores at Coffeyville Community College … rambled for 115 yards on 10 carries and three touchdowns against Dodge City Community College … put up big numbers at College of DuPage, finding the end zone six times and rushing for 118 yards … redshirted at Texas in 2015 while being switched from quarterback to wide receiver prior to the 2016 season … played at Gilman High School (Baltimore, Md.) and was a two-time All-State and a two-time All-Metro second-team selection … during senior season (2014), rushed for 1,050 yards and 17 scores and passed for 915 yards and five touchdowns as Gilman shared the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title … selected to participate in the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game … rushed for 795 yards and 14 TDs and threw for 875 yards and five TDs as a junior … helped Gilman to a 7-3 record, including a 5-1 conference mark, in 2013 … played wide receiver as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born in Westport, N.Y. ... parents are Kia and Mike Locksley ... has three siblings - brothers Mike Jr. and Meiko, and a sister Kori ... father played football at Towson University, earning a team defensive MVP honors as a senior in 1991 ...a longtime college football coach, his father is currently the head coach at the University of Maryland.