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| Position: | Quarterback,Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1996-11-17)November 17, 1996 (age 28) Westport, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Gilman School (Baltimore, Maryland) | ||||||||||
| College: | UTEP (2013–2014) | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2021 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Kai Locksley (born November 17, 1996) is an American professionalfootballquarterback andwide receiver for theMemphis Showboats of theUnited Football League (UFL). He most recently played for theHamilton Tiger-Cats of theCanadian Football League (CFL). Locksley played college football atTexas,Arizona Western College,Iowa Western Community College, and theUniversity of Texas at El Paso.
Locksley grew up inWashington, D.C., and attended theGilman School inBaltimore, Maryland, where he played football and basketball.[1] He was named second-team Private School All-State by theAssociated 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 playcollege football atFlorida State entering his senior season.[4] Locksley flipped his commitment to theUniversity of Texas shortly beforeNational Signing Day.[5]
Locksley began his college career atTexas andredshirted his freshman season. He was moved towide receiver going into his redshirt freshman season. Prior to the start of the season, Locksley transferred toArizona Western College, where he stayed for one semester and initially committed to transfer to Marshall.[6] He later opted to transfer instead toIowa 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 SpaldingNJCAA Offensive Player of the Year.[8]
Locksley committed to transfer to theUniversity of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for his remaining collegiate eligibility.[6] In his first season with theMiners, 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]
Locksley was signed by theMiami Dolphins as anundrafted 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]
Locksley was signed byEdmonton Elks of theCanadian Football League on January 12, 2022.[14] With the offense struggling early in the2023 season, head coachChris Jones turned to Locksley in the third quarter of the team's Week 3 match against theToronto 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.
On July 5, 2023, it was announced that Locksley had signed with theHamilton 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 afree agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 13, 2024.[18]
On February 3, 2025, Locksley signed with theMemphis Showboats of theUnited Football League (UFL).[19]
Locksley is the son of University of Maryland head coachMike Locksley.[20] His older brother, Meiko, played college football atNew Mexico, Iowa Western, andLackawanna College. Meiko Locksley was murdered in 2017 inColumbia, Maryland.[21]
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.[22]
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