Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette, 29, was forced to go into surgery after suffering ligament and disk damage in his neck during the second quarter of the Seahawks’ game against the Cowboys in Dallas on November 1, after Cowboys linebacker Jeff Heath hit him hard following a punt return.
However, Lockette did not simply sit at home miserable after he was released from the hospital. Instead, he showed in one random act of kindness three days later just how selfless he is. After leaving a Dallas hospital on Nov. 5, he spotted a neighborhood filled with homeless people on his way to the airport with his parents. Lockette then asked his driver to stop at a nearby McDonald’s. He then bought 100 cheeseburgers and returned to the sidewalk to give them to the group of homeless people.
“He had a neck brace on while he was passing out the burgers,” the receiver’s father, Earl Lockette, told TMZ. “So some people were like, ‘What happened to you?’ But Ricardo didn’t try and bring attention to who he was.
Some of the people did purportedly recognize the athlete, although his father stated that this was more of an opportunity for his son to show how prepared he was to help others in need.
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Following his injury, Lockette is expected to be put on season-ending injured reserve this week.
PHOTO: SEATTLE, WA – SEPTEMBER 27: Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette #83 of the Seattle Seahawks runs with a pass reception during the third quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at CenturyLink Field on September 27, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
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