Lockett attended Booker T. Washington High School, where he received all-state honors in football, baseball and basketball.
After graduating, he played one season of minor league baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system, before moving on to the University of Central Oklahoma.
Lockett was inducted posthumously into Booker T. Washington's 2022 Ring of Honor class during a ceremony between the Hornets’ basketball games against Bixby on Friday night, Feb 4, 2022 at Nathan E. Harris Fieldhouse.
Lockett began the 1963 season as the starter at fullback, until being passed on the depth chart by Jerry Hill.
On February 1, 1964, he was traded to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a fourth round draft choice (#49-Marty Schottenheimer).