Emanuel Tolbert

Emanuel Tobert was a seventh round draft pick of the NFL Chicago Bears. After his release by Chicago, Tolbert signed with Saskatchewan partway through the 1980 season. Tolbert had 21 catches in just 5 games in that initial season, and followed up with 46 catches for 619 yards in his first full season in 1981. Something went wrong with Tolbert in Saskatchewan in 1982, and despite having 15 catches in just 4 games, Tolbert was released by the Riders. He later signed with Toronto in September, but did not play any games for the Argos that year. In 1983, Tolbert has his first thousand yard season receiving on 70 catches for 1225 yards. He also captuered his first East All-Star honours. Injuries limited Tolbert to only 7 games in 1984, and he was traded to Calgary for 1985 along with LB Darrell Nickolson for LB Dan Rashoovich. That turned out to be an excellent trade for Calgary, as Tolbert then ran off four thousand yard seasons receiving for the Stampeders from 1985 through 1988. Tolber won West All-Star honours in three of those seasons (1986, 1987 and 1988) and picked up an All-Canadian award in 1988 as well. Toronto resigned Tolbert as a free-agent for the 1989 season where he had 32 catches in just 10 games. Tolbert was then traded to BC along with a batch of other players including LB Willie Pless for QB Matt Dunnigan. Tolbert finished his career in BC in 1990, adding 325 yards passing to take him to 8108 for his career.

Games Played and Receiving
Team Year GP Rec Yds Avg Long TD
SASK 1980 5 21 268 12.8 55 1
SASK 1981 16 46 619 13.5 57 7
TOR 1982 0 0 0 0 0 0
SASK 1982 4 15 165 11 21 0
TOR 1983 16 70 1225 17.5 80 11
TOR 1984 7 21 396 18.9 56 0
CAL 1985 16 67 1124 16.8 70 6
CAL 1986 18 69 1286 18.6 51 11
CAL 1987 17 57 1014 17.8 62 6
CAL 1988 18 67 1326 19.8 61 7
TOR 1989 10 32 358 11.2 42 1
BC 1990 7 15 325 21.7 57 2
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1980 SASK 1 9 9 0 9
1981 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR 4 23 5.8 0 21
1984 TOR 3 8 2.7 0 6
1985 CAL 1 10 10 0 10
1986 CAL 4 68 17 0 54
1987 CAL 11 44 4 0 24
1988 CAL 2 41 20.5 0 24
1989 TOR 3 -4 -1.3 0
1990 BC 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1980 SASK 0 0 0
1981 SASK 0 0 0
1982 TOR 0 0 0
1982 SASK 0 0 0
1983 TOR 3 2 0
1984 TOR 0 0 0
1985 CAL 1 0 0
1986 CAL 0 0 0
1987 CAL 3 2 1
1988 CAL 1 0 1
1989 TOR 0 0 0
1990 BC 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1980 SASK 3 95 31.7 0 36
1981 SASK 19 430 22.6 0 58
1982 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BC 0 0 0 0 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1980 SASK


1981 SASK


1982 TOR


1982 SASK


1983 TOR


1984 TOR


1985 CAL


1986 CAL


1987 CAL 3

1988 CAL 2

1989 TOR 4

1990 BC 0

Tackle stats were not kept until 1987, and special teams tackles in 1991.