Guillermo Alberto Villalobos Zanabria (born 24 July 1991) is a Mexican professional gridiron football wide receiver for the

Mexicas CDMX The Mexica ( Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers o ...

of the

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(LFA). He played college football at ITESM CEM. Villalobo was drafted in the 2019 CFL-LFA Draft and played during two seasons for the

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of the

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(CFL).

Early years

Villalobos has played American football since he was five years old. His father also played college football with the

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of the

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. Villalobos started in lower categories playing for several teams of the Atizapán area in

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. After finishing high school, he was offered a scholarship to play football in the

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College career

Villalobos joined the ITESM CEM college football team, one of the most successful programs in Mexico, where he earned a major in Business Administration. Despite never winning a championship, Villalobos had a successful career: in 2015 he achieved the single-season receiving yards league record with 1230 yards in 35 catches. After graduating, Villalobos spent one year without playing football until 2016, when he was selected by the

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of the newly established

(LFA).

Professional career

Villalobos played in the inaugural LFA season for the Eagles, later rebranded as

Mexicas The Mexica ( Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers o ...

, and stayed there for four seasons. His highlights include winning one championship with the team, and the MVP, at Tazón México III, and winning the

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award for Best Receiver. In 2019, Villalobos was selected as the 11th pick of the 2019 CFL-LFA Draft by the

. After going through medical checks, Villalobos joined the team in May 2019. On July 24, 2019, Villalobos was promoted to the Redblacks' active roster, and made his CFL debut the following day against the

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. In August, he landed in the team's practice roster. And on September 12, 2019, he made it again to the active roster. In total, he dressed in eight regular season games in 2019. He re-signed with the Redblacks on January 13, 2021. Villalobos was released by the Redblacks in September 2021. Villalobos was signed by the Mexicas for the

2022 LFA season The 2022 LFA season was the seventh season of operation (sixth season of play) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on 4 March and concluded on 24 April, with the p ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Villalobos, Guillermo Living people 1991 births Mexican players of American football Mexican players of Canadian football American football wide receivers Borregos Salvajes CEM players Mexicas de la Ciudad de México players Ottawa Redblacks players Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Canadian football wide receivers Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games bronze medalists