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The secret to surging Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett’s contested catches

Tyler Lockett is listed at 5-foot-10 and 182 pounds.

The fourth-year Seahawks wide receiver looks like he could still be a freshman at Kansas State.

Sometimes it seems like the shorts he wears in practice are wearing him.

So how does that guy — probably the least physically imposing Seahawk — continue to come down with contested catches against bigger, stronger corners?

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“That’s something that I used to do when I was at Kansas State every single day,” Lockett explained this week. “I just stayed outside (after practice) and let my bro Jake Waters throw the ball to me and I picked up somebody on defense and had them try to literally make me drop the ball.