The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire
Tyler Lockett and his “Light It Up Foundation” entered a five (5) year partnership with the Tulsa Public School in January 2020, initiating his Job Shadowing Program. All eight (8) Tulsa Public Schools and including Crossover Preparatory Academy in 2023 were participants. Each year twelve (12) students are selected from six (6) different Tulsa High Schools to participate in the program.
The program allowed students to travel to Seattle, Washington (home of the Seattle Seahawks) and be exposed to and shadow minorities and others in leadership positions such as medicine, business, kinesiology, IT, real estate, engineering, among others. Tyler and the “Light It Up Foundation” covered all expenses for the student, including one (1) parent, and a stipend for food and touring for both the student and parent.
The five (5) year program allowed sixty (60) students from the Tulsa Public Schools the opportunity to travel and be exposed to different professions that could affect their future. Additionally, each student received a scholarship ranging from five thousand ($5,000) to ten thousand ($10,000) to start their college education.
Tyler’s “Light It Up Foundation” just completed the seventh year of his Thanksgiving event for needy families and Christmas event for thirteen (13) families and forty-six (46) Tulsa kids.
Tyler is a nine (9) year veteran with the Seattle Seahawks and enjoying another successful year. One of the top wide outs in the National Football League, Tyler is attempting to join the record book again and claim his fifth one thousand (1,000) yard season. In five years, Tyler is averaging eighty (80) receptions, one thousand-fifty-one (1,057) yards, and eight (8) touchdowns. Tyler is second in Seattle Seahawk history (behind Tulsan Steve Largent) in every category, receptions, yards, touchdowns, first downs, among others. Tyler has a chance this weekend against the Pittsburg Steelers to reach eight thousand (8,000) receiving yards.
