One of the NFL's rising stars suffers gruesome injury

Seattle Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett has been steadily improving in his second season in the league, but it looks like his season has been cut short. Against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday, Lockett was streaking down the field and almost had a touchdown, but got tangled up with the man trying to guard him and

Seattle Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett has been steadily improving in his second season in the league, but it looks like his season has been cut short. Against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday, Lockett was streaking down the field and almost had a touchdown, but got tangled up with the man trying to guard him and this happened:

Tyler Lockett injury NSFW #NFL #AZvsSEA pic.twitter.com/13FBA0klZ3

— Rob Taub (@RTaub_) December 24, 2016

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That was a pretty nasty ankle injury and that does not look like one he will recover from quickly. The following video explains the injury as it looked on tape and it is not for the faint of heart:

Tyler Lockett has suffered a serious injury. @JockToDoc explains exactly what happened to the #Seahawks WR #FantasyZone #ARIvsSEA pic.twitter.com/LvWPuWhoXL

— Red Zone Channel (@RedZoneChannel) December 24, 2016

Clearly, Lockett is not going to be coming back next week or even for the playoffs with an injury like that. Our thoughts and prayers are with him in this unfortunate hour.

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