Emmanuel Arceneaux is a professional American football

American football

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 wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 for the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. He has also been a member of the BC Lions

BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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College

He played college football

College football

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 for the Alcorn State Braves. While at Alcorn State, he maintained a 3.0 GPA and was president of the student-athlete advisory committee, while recording 99 career catches for 1,618 and 12 TDs on the football field. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

BC Lions

Arceneaux was signed to the BC Lions

BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 on May 19, 2009 and made the Lions' active roster after training camp. Arceneaux had an outstanding debut season, starting at the wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 position for all 18 games and recording 63 catches for 858 yards and seven touchdown

Touchdown

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s. He caught a touchdown pass in each of his first three games and had two 100-yard receiving games during the season

2009 BC Lions season

The 2009 BC Lions season is the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions attempted to win their 6th Grey Cup championship....

. He led all receivers in the 2009 playoffs, recording 12 catches for 189 yards.

Minnesota Vikings

On January 22, 2011 Arceneaux agreed to the terms on a 3-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

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Statistics

Receiving			Regular season							Playoffs
Year	Team		Games	No.	Yards	Avg	Long	TD		Games	No.	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
2009 2009 CFL season The 2009 CFL season was the 56th season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 52nd season of the Canadian Football League. The Montreal Alouettes won the 97th Grey Cup on November 29 with a last second 28–27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders...	BC 2009 BC Lions season The 2009 BC Lions season is the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions attempted to win their 6th Grey Cup championship....		18	63	858	13.6	60	7		2	12	189	15.8	49	0
2010 2010 CFL season The 2010 CFL season is the 57th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it is the 53rd season of the league. Edmonton is scheduled to host the 98th Grey Cup on November 28...	BC 2010 BC Lions season The 2010 BC Lions season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 57th overall. The Lions attempted to improve upon their 8–10 record from 2009 and win their 6th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the West Semi-Final....		18	67	1114	16.6	74	5		1	5	80	16.0	29	1
CFL Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....  totals			36	130	1972	15.2	74	12		3	17	269	15.8	49	1

External links

• BC Lions bio