Hazelton after a 2008 USC fall practice
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No. 15 Edmonton Eskimos | |||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | January 29, 1988 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | New York, New York | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Staten Island (NY) Moore | ||||||||
College: | Cincinnati | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2011 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Practice Roster | ||||||||
CFL status: | International | ||||||||
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Receptions: | 0 |
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Receiving Yards: | 0 |
Receiving TDs: | 0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Vidal Hazelton (born January 29, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Cincinnati. He formerly played for the University of Southern California (USC) football team.
As a junior in 2005 at Moore Catholic High School in Staten Island (N.Y.), he caught 39 passes for 784 yards (20.1 avg.) with 17 TDs, ran for 240 yards with 4 scores and posted 38 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions for TDs. He eventually transferred to Hargrave Military Academy his senior year, where he had 41 receptions for 942 yards (23.0 avg.) with 13 TDs in 2005. Hazelton was invited to play in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, a national all-star game for the best high school football players in the country.
Hazelton arrived at USC as one of the nation's best players and one of USC's biggest pickups of the recruiting season. Hazelton saw time in only two games his freshman season, as the Trojans ended up going 11-2 and winning the 2007 Rose Bowl against Michigan 32-18. Hazelton played backup to Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith, two of the best receivers in the nation, and only accumulated one catch for eight yards. He also had a run for seven yards.