| Brandon Lockheart |
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RS Senior
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| Hometown:
Los Angeles, California
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| High School:
Dominguez
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| Last College:
Santa Monica JC
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| Height / Weight:
6-6 / 328
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| Position:
Offensive Tackle
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| Birthdate:
01/09/1982
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| Experience:
RS
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PERSONAL—Born 1/9/83...son of William Elijan and Marsha Ellis...he has two brothers, Keith, 19, and William, 8...he has two sisters, Marnisha, 9, and Ruby, 5...prefers to be called Bubba...has a daughter, Eirianna, 2...he is in the College of Liberal Arts and his a pre-communication major...his favorite athlete is Orlando Pace...selected OSU because of “academics programs.”
OSU—(2003—Junior Redshirt)—Brandon spent the spring alternating between guard and tackle to find where the best position would be for him to help the Beavers...Brandon has settled at right tackle for the time being...he will report to fall camp listed as the backup right tackle to Doug Nienhuis...Brandon has a lot of natural ability...he needs to improve his consistency...a good fall camp could increase his opportunity for playing time in 2003...in terms of height and weight, Brandon is the largest player on the OSU roster...Brandon’s career bests in weightlifting include 505 pounds in the back squat, 365 in the bench press, 292.1 in the power clean and 297.6 in the push press...he has a vertical jump best of 21.5 inches.
(2002—Junior)—Brandon spent the 2002 season redshirting and played on the offensive scout team as a guard.
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, Santa Monica, CA—Received a five-star rating by PacWest football recruiting service...selected second-team All-American by JC Grid-Wire...selected first-team all-state on JCFootball.com’s preseason California All-State squad...selected by the CCCFCA (California Community College Football Coaches Association) as a first-team Region III pick in California...two-year starter at Santa Monica College under Coach Robert Taylor.
DOMINGUEZ HIGH SCHOOL, Compton, CA—Signed a letter of intent with Washington coming out of high school...played for Coach Keith Donerson at Dominguez High School...received all-city honors as a senior...received four votes in Long Beach Press-Telegrams’ Best in the West team...selected by Tacoma News-Tribune to its Western 100 squad...a member of Prep Football Report’s All-West team...ranked 84th in SuperPrep’s January 1999 issue for California/Hawaii/Nevada...ranked 78th among the nation’s offensive linemen according to Rivals.com...selected as a PrepStar All-American...selected by PrepStar as the 13th best offensive lineman in the Western Region.
