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Raul Vijil
Raul Vijil (born September 12, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver for the Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League. He played college football at Eastern Washington, and played for the Shock of af2 and the Arena Football League from 2006 to 2011. Early life Vijil attended Pasco High School in Pasco, Washington, where he was a member of the school's soccer team. It wasn't until his senior year of high school that he joined the football team. Vijil helped the Bulldogs to a 14–0 record, en route to a 2000 State Championship. Vijil's 204 receiving yards still stand as a Washington state record for receiving yards in a state title game. College career Vijil's senior season of high school football was outstanding enough to earn him a scholarship to Eastern Washington University as a member of the football team. Professional career As soon as Vijil graduated, he was recruited by Chris Siegfried to play for the expansion Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019. The AFL played a formerly proprietary code known as arena football, a form of indoor American football played on a 66-by-28 yard field (about a quarter of the surface area of an NFL field), with rules encouraging offensive performance, resulting in a typically faster-paced and higher-scoring game compared to NFL games. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League (USFL) and the NFL. Each of the league's 32 seasons culminated in the ArenaBowl, with the winner being crowned the league's champion for that season. From 2000 to 2009, the AF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |