Guillermo Villalobos


Guillermo Alberto Villalobos Zanabria is a Mexican professional gridiron football wide receiver for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at ITESM CEM. Villalobos was also part of the Mexicas CDMX of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, a professional spring football league in Mexico, before being drafted in the 2019 CFL-LFA Draft.

Early years

Villalobos plays American football since he was five years old. His father also played college football with the Águilas Blancas of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. He started in lower categories playing for several teams of the Atizapán area in Greater Mexico City. After finishing high school, Villalobos was offered a scholarship to play football at the ITESM CEM.

College career

Villalobos joined the Borregos Salvajes 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 Eagles of the newly established Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional.

Professional career

Villalobos played in the inaugural LFA season for the Eagles, later rebranded as Mexicas, and stayed there for four seasons. His highlights include winning one championship with the team at Tazón México III, winning the MVP of Tazón México III and the 2019 award for Best Receiver.
In 2019, Villalobos was selected as the 11th pick of the 2019 CFL-LFA Draft by the Ottawa Redblacks. 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 Calgary Stampeders. In August, he landed in the team's practice roster. And on September 12, 2019, he made it again to the active roster.