"Tarvaris Jackson had all day to throw, which meant Ricardo Lockette had all day to run, and we're starting to find out that when Lockette is running, amazing things can happen.

Down 20-13 in the middle of the fourth quarter, Lockette streaked down the left sideline, gaining speed with every stride. He fought off cornerback Marshay Green with his right hand and somehow was able to keep his concentration and catch Jackson's bomb in stride for a 61-yard game-tying touchdown.

It was a truly remarkable play in the Seahawks' unremarkable 23-20 season-ending overtime loss to Arizona. But more important, it just might have been the harbinger of many touchdown explosions to come from the free-agent rookie from Division II Fort Valley (Ga.) State.

"When T-Jack threw it, he (Lockette) was kind of cruising, but he kicked it into that sixth or seventh gear," Seahawks safety Earl Thomas said. "I don't know many guys in this league that have a seventh gear, but I know you can't coach that. If you ain't got that sixth or seventh gear, you're not going to cover him."

Jackson said that when Lockette arrived in camp last summer, he was like Forrest Gump. He just ran. But from his first day in Renton, Lockette was making jaw-dropping catches and running away from cornerbacks.

He ran the 100 meters in 10 flat and the 200 in 20.34. He won a D-II championship in the 200. But Lockette was raw as sushi, a practice-squad guy you reminded yourself to pay attention to in the months ahead."