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LIONEL VITAL

Vital, Lionel
Height: 5-9 Weight: 195
Born: July 15, 1963 New Iberia, LA
High School: Loreauville (LA)

Year	College	Status
1981	Nicholls State	Lettered
1982	Nicholls State	Lettered
1983	Nicholls State	Lettered
1984	Nicholls State	Lettered

Draft: 7th round (185th overall) 1985 Washington Redskins; 13th round (187th overall) 1985 Arizona Outlaws

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL	25	RB	1
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	20	RB	3	3
1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	20	RB	4
1 Year (NFL)1 Year NFL			3	3
2 Years (CFL)2 Years CFL			5

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/3/1985	1985 Arizona Outlaws (USFL)1985 ARI USFL
Draft	4/30/1985	1985 Washington Redskins (NFL)1985 WAS NFL
Signed	7/18/1985	1985 Washington Redskins (NFL)1985 WAS NFL
Injured Reserve	8/20/1985	1985 Washington Redskins (NFL)1985 WAS NFL
Released	8/19/1986	1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL
Assigned on Waivers	8/20/1986	1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL
Released	8/26/1986	1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL
Signed	9/22/1986	1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL
Released	9/29/1986	1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL
Signed	9/23/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Released	11/3/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Signed	12/8/1987	1987 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1987 BUF NFL
Released		1988 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1988 BUF NFL
Signed		1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL
Released		1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL
Signed		1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL
Released		1990 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1990 SAS CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1	0	0		0			0	0		0	0	6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL	3	8	2.7	4	0		0	0
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	80	346	4.3	22t	2			0
1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	5	11	2.2	9	1		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	80	346	4.3	22t	2			0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL		1		13	13.0	13	0		0	0
1989 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL		1		4	4.0	4	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		1		13	13.0	13	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		1		4	4.0	4	0		0	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL	2	-	1	0.5	2	0	0	0
1989 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	12	-	59	4.9	16	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	14		60	4.3	16	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	2	0	31	15.5	18	0	0	0
1989 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	9	-	186	20.7	50	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	31	15.5	18	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	9		186	20.7	50	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1986 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1986 CAL CFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	3		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1989 SAS CFL	0	0	0	-		0

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