(Reuters) - Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette will have neck surgery and miss the remainder of the National Football League season, the team announced on Monday.
The procedure, to stabilize ligament damage incurred in a collision in Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, will be performed later on Monday in Dallas.
Lockette has full movement in all his extremities, according to the team.
"I just talked to his pops and everybody’s close to him and loving him up," Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told a Seattle radio station on Monday. "He’s in good spirits and not too uncomfortable at this point.