Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver Tyler Lockett has come out and said that he has already played longer than he wanted to, and told reporters when we could expect him to retire. Lockett is 31 years old and he says that he planned to retire at the age of 30. He has now given a timeline of when he expects to retire from the league.
Tyler Lockett, 31, says he’s already passed his goal of playing 8 NFL years. He thought he’d be retired by 30.
Could he imagine being Jason Peters, in his 20th season at age 41?
“Absolutely not. Absolutely not. I’m not going to be playing at 40 years old I can tell you that much” pic.twitter.com/hG25g0lzBL— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) November 2, 2023
Tyler Lockett Comments
Lockett was asked by a reporter if he would wait to retire until he hit his 20th season in the league, in which he would be 41 years old. He responded with, “Absolutely not. Absolutely not. I’m not going to be playing at 40 years old I can tell you that much.”
Lockett has always been a crucial part of this Seahawks offense throughout his career. In the past four seasons, he has amounted to over 1,000 yards receiving and has 370 yards, three touchdowns, and 35 receptions so far this season.
Seattle Seahawks Career
Since joining the league in 2015, Lockett has gone for 7,470 receiving yards and 57 touchdowns. He has not yet won a Super Bowl and has been a big weapon for the offense, especially for quarterback Geno Smith, and former quarterback Russell Wilson. Lockett has been playing the best football of his career for the last four seasons, so it comes as a bit of a shock that he is already thinking about retirement.
Seattle is currently sitting at a 5-2 record and is in first place in the competitive NFC West. They will have a tough test this week against the high-octane Baltimore Ravens, which should make out to be one of the best games of the week. Although we do not know exactly when Lockett will call it quits, it seems that he is already thinking about it, which could make for some offseason drama.
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As a Seahawks fan it truly saddens me how he’s already thinking about going into retirement he’s done as so many wonders since he’s joined in 2015 and I’d hate to see him go but, I know that since he’s getting older it only gets scary from here, aging and harder hits could simply end his career if hit to hard so I respect his wishes that he’d love to retire as a healthy individual.
On the side note, whoever wrote this post needs to do a little more research lol, I absolutely love Lockett but, sadly my boy hasn’t EVER won a superbowl in his career.. only superbowl we have was dated back to February 2, 2014 against the Denver Broncos 43 to 8 so how would that make any sense he “won a superbowl” when he joined in 2015 a year later???
Anyway, 12th man for life out💚💙💚💙
Ash,
As far your side note, FYI.
it states “he has NOT YET, won a Superbowl”. Which means he hasn’t won a SB.
awww man!!😥
He deserves it all though,
been our best receiver in and off the field. They better take that number out of circulation when he’s done 👍
Tyler has never one a Super Bowl. He started after we beat the Broncos. Still a nice article though. Thank you.
Seems you didn’t understand the statement about winning a Superbowl.
It stated “he has NOT YET, won a Superbowl”.
Lockett has not won a Superbowl
That’s what it says, “he has NOT YET, won a Superbowl”.
You failed to mention any sort of a retirement plan. Whoops.
Perhaps you should change the title to “Seahawks Star Doesn’t Plan on Playing Until Age 40”
Lol thank you that’s what I was saying
There are so many great players that have not been fortunate to be on a championship team. O and this season is not over.game on boys.and what ever you decide thanx for the memories