| No. 16 Minnesota Vikings | |
| Wide Receiver | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: September 17, 1987 | |
| Place of birth: Alexandria, Louisiana | |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 211 lb (96 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Alcorn State | |
| Undrafted in 2009 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2011 | |
| Receptions | 1 |
| Receiving Yards | 10 |
| Touchdowns | 0 |
Emmanuel Arceneaux (born September 17, 1987 in Alexandria, Louisiana) is a professional American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He has also been a member of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
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He played college football 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.[1]
Arceneaux was signed to the BC Lions on May 19, 2009 and made the Lions' active roster after training camp.[2] Arceneaux had an outstanding debut season, starting at the wide receiver position for all 18 games and recording 63 catches for 858 yards and seven touchdowns. He caught a touchdown pass in each of his first three games and had two 100-yard receiving games during the season. He led all receivers in the 2009 playoffs, recording 12 catches for 189 yards.
On January 22, 2011 Arceneaux agreed to the terms on a 3-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings.[3]
| Receiving | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||
| 2009 | BC | 18 | 63 | 858 | 13.6 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 189 | 15.8 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | BC | 18 | 67 | 1114 | 16.6 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| CFL totals | 36 | 130 | 1972 | 15.2 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 269 | 15.8 | 49 | 1 | |||