A pack of reporters and cameras approached Jeff Locke at his locker Wednesday. The Vikings punter fielded questions about the best stretch of his career.
Had that mass interview happened in college, Locke would have broken out in a cold sweat and looked for a place to hide.
“I would have been head down, looking around, mumbling to myself,” he said privately.
Locke had such a pronounced speech impediment that he feared talking in class and once concocted a fake story about being German to avoid being teased. He actually was born in Germany, but he has no German heritage; his father was stationed in Frankfurt with the Air Force.