Ricardo Lockette Hands Out 100 Cheeseburgers to Dallas Homeless After Operation

Among the hillock of serious injuries that built up during Week 8 of the NFL regular season, Ricardo Lockette's was the scariest.

The Seattle Seahawks wide receiver/return man took a monstrous shot from the Dallas Cowboys' Jeff Heath and was knocked unconscious. 

Eventually, Lockette was carted off the field at AT&T Stadium and later underwent neck surgery in a Dallas hospital to repair torn ligaments in his neck. After a successful operation, he left the hospital and did the first thing any injured athlete does after an ugly, season-ending injury: give food to the homeless.

As TMZ reports, Lockette left his hospital in Dallas and encountered a sidewalk serving as a residence to the local homeless. Understanding this could not go unaddressed, Lockette and his driver stopped at a nearby McDonald's and brought back 100 cheeseburgers for those in need.

Lockette's father, Earl, spoke about his son's gesture to TMZ:

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He had a neck brace on while he was passing out the burgers. So some people were like, "What happened to you?" But Ricardo didn't try and bring attention to who he was. Some people knew who he was. But this was more about Ricardo seeing people who were in worse shape than him, and wanting to help them however he could.

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That's a pretty nice gesture. Helping out the hungry is a kind, good thing to do—particularly if you can't chew due to a cage of plastic encasing your newly cut-open neck.

So by all standards, Lockette is someone who doesn't let his own misfortunes cloud his ability to see the plights of others. In short, he is a very good dude.

Dan is on Twitter. Ricardo would've gotten them all-day breakfast, but he didn't want to overwhelm them.