MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State record-setting senior wide receiver Tyler Lockett will be one of 16 finalists among all NCAA divisions and the NAIA for the prestigious 2014 Campbell Trophy, which will be announced tomorrow at the 57th NFF Annual Awards Dinner
in New York.

By being named a finalist and a National Scholar Athlete, Lockett will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship at the awards dinner, held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. The announcement of the winner will be made Tuesday between 8:30 – 9:00 p.m. ET during the awards dinner. ESPN3 will carry the event live, and fans can also watch a live stream at www.footballfoundation.org

Lockett, who has accumulated a 3.24 cumulative GPA in business management which was buoyed by a 3.43 GPA in the 2013-14 academic year, is an Academic All-Big 12 and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll scholar. He is scheduled to graduate this December.

He is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) through which he has visited retirement centers, participated in Cats in the Classroom reading to students or helping teachers with classroom activities, Adopt-a-Family during the holiday season and assisted with elementary school carnivals. He was also named to the AFCA Good Works team in 2013 and a 2014 candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.

On the field, Lockett will go down in the record book as arguably the best wide receiver in school history. The 2014 All-American candidate currently holds K-State career records for receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and 100-yard receiving games. He is already a three-time All-American and All-Big 12 performer who was also named the 2013 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year.

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KENNY LANNOU, K-State Assistant A.D. for Communications | K-State Athletics