Starting tailback Derrick Locke practiced with the team Wednesday and appears to be getting closer and closer to making a return after missing the last three games with a shoulder stinger.”He looked really good in the drills I saw him in,” head coach Joker Phillips said after practice Wednesday. “He practiced the whole practice. He caught the ball well out of the backfield. Now he didn’t get hit. We didn’t touch him. He had a red jersey on. But he looked really fast.”Locke is cleared to play, but Phillips said it’s up to Locke as to whether or not he feels like he can protect himself. Phillips said Locke is still working on getting strength back in his right shoulder after missing the last three weeks.”If he can play, we’ve got to play Derrick Locke,” Phillips said. “What are we going to save him for? You all heard what Coach (David) Turner said the other day. This is a game we’ve got to win. We’ve got to use everybody that is possibly available to win this game.”Locke received a similar report from Phillips last Wednesday but experienced a setback after practice and did not play against Mississippi State.