Vincent Forbes-Mombleau

Canadian gridiron football player (born 1998)

Vincent Forbes-Mombleau
Career information
No. 82 Edmonton Elks
Forbes-Mombleau with the Elks in 2023
Born:	(1998-07-29) July 29, 1998 (age 25) Quebec City, Quebec
Status	Active
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
University	Laval
CFL draft	2024, Round: 3, Pick: 24
Drafted by	Montreal Alouettes
Career history
As player
2022	Montreal Alouettes*
2022–present	Edmonton Elks
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards
Vanier Cup champion (2018)
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Vincent Forbes-Mombleau (born July 29, 1998) is a Canadian professional gridiron football wide receiver for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

University career

Forbes-Mombleau played U Sports football for the Laval Rouge et Or from 2018 to 2021.^[1] He was named the RSEQ Rookie of the Year in 2018 and capped off the season with a victory in the 54th Vanier Cup game.^[2]

Professional career

Montreal Alouettes

Forbes-Mombleau was drafted in the third round, 24th overall, by the Montreal Alouettes in the 2022 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 13, 2022.^[3] However, following training camp, he was released with the final cuts.^[2]

Edmonton Elks

On July 18, 2022, it was announced that Forbes-Mombleau had signed a practice roster agreement with the Edmonton Elks.^[2]^[4] After five games on the practice roster, he made his professional debut, and first career start, on September 5, 2022, against the Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day Classic, where he had two receptions for 26 yards.^[5] He played and started in four regular season games in 2022 where he recorded five receptions for 92 yards.^[5]^[6]

Following training camp in 2023, Forbes-Mombleau made the team's active roster on opening day.^[6] On June 25, 2023, against the Toronto Argonauts, he scored his first career touchdown on a two-yard pass from Jarret Doege with 2:38 left to play.^[7] He also had the first multi-touchdown game of his career in the same game, as he scored an 84-yard touchdown with six seconds left to play in the 43–31 loss to the Argonauts.^[7] He finished the year having played in all 18 regular season games where he recorded 15 receptions for 203 yards and two touchdowns.^[6]

References

^ "Vincent Forbes-Mombleau". Laval Rouge et Or. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Edmonton Elks sign Canadian receiver Vincent Forbes-Mombleau". 3DownNation. July 18, 2022.
^ "All picks under contract". Montreal Alouettes. May 13, 2022.
^ "Elks sign Forbes-Mombleau (WR)". Edmonton Elks. July 18, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Games Notes" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vincent Forbes-Mombleau". Edmonton Elks. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "River Cree Recap: Elks lose at home to Argos". Edmonton Elks. June 25, 2023.