Josh Victorian Explained

Josh Victorian
Number:35, 27, 6, 7, 5
Position:Cornerback
Birth Date:10 July 1988
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lbs:190
High School:Destrehan (LA) Destrehan High School
College:Louisiana Tech
Undraftedyear:2011
Pastteams:
Highlights:
Statlabel1:Total tackles
Statvalue1:15
Statlabel2:Pass deflections
Statvalue2:3
Aflstatlabel1:Total tackles
Aflstatvalue1:160
Aflstatlabel2:Fumble recoveries
Aflstatvalue2:4
Aflstatlabel4:Interceptions
Aflstatvalue4:14
Afl:12517

Joshua Jermaine Victorian[1] (born July 10, 1988) is a former American football cornerback. He signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. He played college football at Louisiana Tech. He has also been a member of the New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New Orleans VooDoo, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, Los Angeles KISS, Albany Empire and Washington Valor.

Early life

Victorian grew up in St. Rose, Louisiana and attended Destrehan High School. He was selected to the first-team All-District 5-5A for three consecutive years while at high school. He also was selected to the first-team ALL-State 2 years consecutively.

College career

He played college football at Louisiana Tech. He finished with 123 tackles, 19 interceptions and 41 pass deflections.[2]

In his senior year, Victorian finished the season with 36 Tackles, 7 Interceptions and 21 pass deflections. On September 4, 2010, he had an interception against Grambling State.[3] On September 25, 2010 in a regular season game against Southern Mississippi in which he had an interception.[4]

In his junior year, Victorian finished the season with 51 Tackles, 7 Interceptions and 7 pass deflections. On October 31, 2009, In a regular season game against Idaho in which he had an interception to go along with 6 tackles but Louisiana Tech loss 35-34.[5] The following week on November 6, 2009, In a game against No.5 ranked Boise State, he had 9 tackles and an interception in which he returned 75 yards for the touchdown with 13:12 minutes left in the 3rd quarter to cut the lead to 27-14 as Louisiana Tech lost the game 45-35.[6]

In his sophomore year, Victorian finished the season with 11 tackles and 3 pass deflections 5 interceptions .

In his freshman year, Victorian finished the season with 25 tackles and 10 pass deflections .

Professional career

Baltimore Ravens

On July 28, 2011, Victorian signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent.[7] On September 3, 2011, Victorian was released.[8]

New England Patriots

On September 22, 2011, Victorian was signed to the New England Patriots practice squad.[9] On October 7, 2011, he was re-signed to the practice squad.[10] On October 25, 2011, he was released from the practice squad when the team re-signed Malcolm Williams.[11] On October 28, 2011, he was re-signed to the practice squad.[12] On November 17, 2011, he was released by the team after they re-signed Ross Ventrone to the practice squad.[13] On November 23, 2011, he was re-signed to the practice squad.[14]

New Orleans Saints

On January 18, 2012, Victorian signed with the New Orleans Saints to a reserve/futures contract.[15]

New Orleans VooDoo

On June 19, 2012, Victorian signed with the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League.[16] [17]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On August 3, 2012, Victorian signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[18] On August 31, 2012, he was released by the Steelers.[19] On September 1, 2012, he was signed to the practice squad.[20] On December 8, 2012, he was signed to the Steelers Active Roster.

Houston Texans

In 2013, Victorian was signed to the Houston Texans practice squad. Victorian was activated to the 53 man roster a week later. Victorian was then released on August 31, 2014.[21]

Detroit Lions

On September 23, 2014, Victorian was signed to the Detroit Lions practice squad.

New York Giants

On November 12, 2014, Victorian was signed to the New York Giants' practice squad. On April 15, 2015, he was waived by the Giants.

Los Angeles KISS

On May 28, 2015, Victorian was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. On November 4, 2015, the KISS picked up Victorian's rookie option for 2016.

Baltimore Brigade

Victorian was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade on February 15, 2017.[22] He earned Second-team All-Arena honors in 2017.[23]

Albany Empire

On March 23, 2018, Norman was assigned to the Albany Empire.[24]

Washington Valor

On April 12, 2018, he was traded to the Washington Valor.[25] On April 26, 2018, Victorian was placed on reassignment.

Baltimore Brigade

On May 2, 2018, Victorian was assigned to the Brigade. He earned 2nd Team All-Arena Honors. In 2019 Victorian was 1st Team All Arena with the Brigade.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louisiana Tech Profile . latechsports.com . 2012-09-29 . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325021018/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/victorian_josh00.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Josh Victorian College Statistics . sports-reference.com/ .
  3. Web site: Grambling State 6, Louisiana Tech 20 Box score . sports-reference.com/ .
  4. Web site: Southern Mississippi 13, Louisiana Tech 12 Box score . sports-reference.com/ .
  5. Web site: Louisiana Tech 34, Idaho 35 Box score . sports-reference.com/ .
  6. Web site: (5) Boise State 45, Louisiana Tech 35 Box score . sports-reference.com/ .
  7. Web site: Ravens sign 26 undrafted free agents . masnsports.com . https://archive.today/20130128083341/http://www.masnsports.com/dan_kolko/2011/07/ravens-sign-26-undrafted-free-agents.html . dead . 28 January 2013 . 28 July 2011 .
  8. Web site: Ravens announce roster cuts . carrollcountytimes.com . https://archive.today/20130119235735/http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/blogs/sports/ravens/ravens-ravens-announce-roster-cuts/article_097f93aa-d662-11e0-a538-001cc4c03286.html . dead . 19 January 2013 . 3 September 2011 .
  9. Web site: Patriots sign LB Jeff Tarpinian to the 53-man roster . patriots.com . September 22, 2011 . September 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924045450/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Patriots-sign-LB-Jeff-Tarpinian-to-the-53-man-roster/97638ca4-c71e-4235-9027-f87bc6393e4e . dead .
  10. Web site: Patriots re-sign DB Josh Victorian to practice squad . patriots.com . 7 October 2011 . 8 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042052/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Patriots-re-sign-DB-Josh-Victorian-to-practice-squad/a51dced0-a6a1-44bd-9898-2dcdabbba84c . dead .
  11. Web site: Patriots sign DB Malcolm Williams to practice squad . patriots.com . 25 October 2011 . 27 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111027231120/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Patriots-sign-DB-Malcolm-Williams-to-practice-squad/25eaa24b-1d4c-4757-889f-92f9643502ac . dead .
  12. News: Patriots release defensive back Leigh Bodden . boston.com . 28 October 2011.
  13. Web site: Ross Ventrone signed to practice squad . patriots.com . 17 November 2011 . 29 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111229085244/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Ross-Ventrone-signed-to-practice-squad/b8573baf-e3bf-4706-a196-721e0b92621b . dead .
  14. Web site: OL Donald Thomas re-signed; Ross Ventrone released . patriots.com . 25 November 2011 . 24 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124170018/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/OL-Donald-Thomas-re-signed-Ross-Ventrone-released/6aa62102-219a-42ae-8309-c2a34ce1c954 . dead .
  15. Web site: New Orleans Saints announce four more players signed to futures contracts. . nola.com . 18 January 2012.
  16. Web site: VooDoo Add Local Talent In Ex-LA Tech DB Josh Victorian . sportsnola.com . June 19, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105043053/http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/voodoo/585686-voodoo-add-local-talent-in-ex-la-tech-db-josh-victorian.html . November 5, 2012 .
  17. Web site: VooDoo Add Local Product Victorian . arenafootball.com . June 19, 2012.
  18. Web site: Steelers make roster moves . steelers.com . 3 August 2012.
  19. Web site: Steelers Reduce Roster to 53 . steelers.com . 31 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121127011630/http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Steelers-Reduce-Roster-to-53/127765de-9c94-429f-9bb2-5cc5ec93b2b9 . 27 November 2012 . dead .
  20. Web site: Steelers Agree To Terms With Eight For Practice Squad . steelers.com . 1 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121122033938/http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Steelers-Agree-To-Terms-With-Eight-For-Practice-Squad/eaea6ba0-02bc-4bfd-bcce-36385c4da0a2 . 22 November 2012 . dead .
  21. Web site: Texans cut WR Thomas, announce practice squad. KHOU. 2 September 2014. 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112359/http://www.khou.com/story/sports/nfl/texans/2014/08/31/texans-cut-wr-thomas-announce-practice-squad/14913059/. dead.
  22. Web site: Transactions . afldigital.com . February 16, 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217004457/http://www.afldigital.com/index.cfm?view=transactions . February 17, 2017 .
  23. Web site: AFL Announces All-Arena First and Second Teams . arenafootball.com . August 21, 2017 . September 15, 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20170916034752/http://www.arenafootball.com/articles/afl-announces-all-arena-first-and-second-teams . September 16, 2017 .
  24. Web site: Team Transactions . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324060632/http://www.arenafan.com/teams/Albany_Empire-238/transactions/ . dead . March 24, 2018 . arenafan.com . March 24, 2018.
  25. Web site: Recent Transactions . https://web.archive.org/web/20180413024811/http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=transactions . dead . April 13, 2018 . arenafan.com . April 12, 2018.

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