2019 NFR Qualifier Kyle Lockett returns after a 14 year hiatus – VIDEO
 
2019 NFR Qualifier Kyle Lockett returns after a 14 year hiatus – VIDEO

He last qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 2005, but somewhere between continuing to travel those long, dark stretches of road littered with trailers hooked to unfilled dreams, Lockett directed his horse on another, more stable journey.

Lockett has returned to the NFR, the team roping heeler and partner Erich Rogers finishing in the money in the first go-round Thursday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.