Missouri State

Honors

• Manning Award Star of Week: 11/9/24
• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award: 11/9/24; 10/21/25 (hm)
• Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: 11/9/24
• ESPN Gameday Recap Helmet Sticker: 11/9/24

UTEP
2025: Played in 9 games, starting the last 7 contests of the year for the Miners ... Racked up 1,418 passing yards (117-for-211) and 13 touchdowns as a fourth-year junior ... Passed for season-high 338 yards in season finale at Delaware (11/29/25) with 4 touchdowns ... Also had 200-yard passing efforts vs. Jax State (11/8/25) and in the win at Sam Houston (10/15/25) with 2 TD passes and 2 rushing scores in each ... Earned Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award honorable mention on 10/21/25 ... 2024: Started 9 times in 10 appearances with three 200-yard passing games ... Threw for 295 yards on 22-of-29 attempts with a passing, rushing and receiving TD vs. Southern Utah (9/7/24), the first FBS player since 2015 to do so ... Threw for 244 yards at Liberty (9/14/24) ... Racked up 327 passing yards (28-for-33) in double-overtime home win over Kennesaw State (11/9/24) with 4 passing TDs en route to CUSA Offensive Player of the Week, Manning Award Star of the Week and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award laurels as well as ESPN helmet sticker recognition ... Also tossed a career-long 69-yard TD pass at New Mexico State (11/30/24) ... Finished sophomore season with 1,583 passing yards (148-of-233) with 10 TDs.

Austin Peay
2023: Played in a pair of games as a redshirt freshman in 2023 ... Passed for 59 yards, including a 46-yard TD pass at Lindenwood (9/30/23) ... Helped Governors claim the UAC championship ... 2022: Redshirted in 2022 as a true freshman for the ASUN championship squad. 

High School
Prepped at Cleveland High in Clayton, N.C. where the Rams were 33-4 in his three seasons as starter ... Passed for 7,063 career yards, 78 touchdowns and just 18 interceptions in more than 700 attempts (452-of-716) ... Also rushed for 28 career touchdowns and 1,253 yards ... Led Cleveland to 3AA state championship in spring of 2021 as a senior ... Earned 3A-4A all-area honors as a senior while being named to the 2021 Carolina Bowl Showcase.
 
Personal
Skyler Mikeal Locklear was born 9/13/03 in Ann Arbor, Mich ... Son of Nick and Kelly Locklear of Clayton, N.C. ... Father played basketball at Michigan and mother played volleyball at Michigan ... Has three brothers, Cylis, Derek and Deyton ... Plans to pursue his Masters in Business Administration at Missouri State.