{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox gridiron football person |name=Pascal Lochard |image= |import=No |position1=Running back |birth_date={{birth date and age|1990|9|17}} |birth_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |number=24, 25, 34<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/l/loch00050.html | title=PASCAL LOCHARD | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=24 February 2025}}</ref> |CIS=Laval (2010–2013) |amateur_title= |amateur_team= |high_school=Cactus du Collège Notre-Dame |height_ft=6 |height_in=0 |weight_lbs=215 |CFLDraftedYear=2014 |CFLDraftedRound=2 |CFLDraftedPick=14 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2014}}–{{CFL Year|2015}} |playing_team1=BC Lions |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2016}} |playing_team2=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |playing_years3={{CFL Year|2017}} |playing_team3=Ottawa Redblacks* |playing_years4={{CFL Year|2017}}–{{CFL Year|2018}} |playing_team4=Edmonton Eskimos |career_highlights= *3× Vanier Cup champion (2010, 2012, 2013) |CFL=pascal-lochard/160673/ }} '''Pascal Lochard''' (born September 17, 1990) is a Canadian former professional football running back who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the BC Lions in the second round of the 2014 CFL draft after playing CIS football at Laval University. He was also a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Redblacks and Edmonton Eskimos.
==Early life== Pascal Lochard was born on September 17, 1990, in Montreal.<ref name="Bc"/> He played CEGEP football at Cégep du Vieux Montréal.<ref name="Bc">{{cite web | url=http://www.bclions.com/roster/show/id/7029 | title=Pascal Lochard | publisher=BC Lions | accessdate=24 February 2025 | archive-date=10 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810000226/http://www.bclions.com/roster/show/id/7029 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==University career== Lochard played CIS football for the Laval Rouge et Or of Laval University from 2010 to 2013, helping the team advance to the Vanier Cup four years in a row while winning three of them.<ref name="Bc"/> He rushed for career totals of 1,749 yards and 17 touchdowns on 301 carries while also catching 24 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown.<ref name="Bc"/> He was named the most valuable player of the 49th Vanier Cup, winning the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=437349 | title=LOCHARD'S TD HELPS LAVAL WIN SECOND STRAIGHT VANIER CUP | publisher=tsn.ca | work=THE CANADIAN PRESS | date=November 23, 2013 | accessdate=3 August 2014}}</ref>
==Professional career== Lochard was selected by the BC Lions in the second round, with the fourteenth overall pick of the 2014 CFL draft.<ref name="Pfa"/> He dressed in 15 games for the Lions during his rookie year in 2014, recording five special teams tackles and three carries for 11 yards.<ref name="Pfa"/> He dressed in 17 games during the 2015 season, posting 11 special teams tackles.<ref name="Pfa"/>
Lochard signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on February 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2507351/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-canadian-rb-pascal-lochard/ |title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign Canadian RB Pascal Lochard |publisher=globalnews.ca |date=February 9, 2016 |accessdate=February 9, 2016 |author=Rosset, Mitch |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210000417/http://globalnews.ca/news/2507351/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-canadian-rb-pascal-lochard/ |archivedate=February 10, 2016 }}</ref> He dressed in 14 games for the Blue Bombers in 2016, totaling one defensive tackle, seven special teams tackles, eight rushing attempts for 33 yards, and two kick returns for 19 yards.<ref name="Pfa"/>
Upon entering 2017 free agency, Lochard signed a two-year contract with the Ottawa Redblacks.<ref>[http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2017/02/17/redblacks-sign-rb-pascal-lochard/ Redblacks sign RB Pascal Lochard]</ref> He was released by the Redblacks on May 8, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2017/05/08/transactions-may-8-2017/|title=Transactions {{!}} May 8, 2017|date=2017-05-08|website=Ottawa Redblacks|access-date=2017-05-09}}</ref>
Lochard was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos on May 26, 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ | title=CFL Transactions | publisher=cfl.ca | accessdate=August 9, 2017 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809193528/https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ | archivedate=August 9, 2017 }}</ref> He dressed in 16 games, starting two, in 2017, rushing 14 times for 104 yards and catching one pass for five yards.<ref name="Pfa"/> He also recorded ten special teams tackles and returned five kicks for 76 yards.<ref name="Pfa"/> Lochard dressed in seven games during his final CFL season in 2018, accumulating five special teams tackles, one fumble recovery, and one kick return for 17 yards.<ref name="Pfa"/>
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==External links== *[http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/pascal-lochard/160673/ Ottawa Redblacks bio]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140810000226/http://www.bclions.com/roster/show/id/7029 BC Lions profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lochard, Pascal}} Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:Canadian football running backs Category:Laval Rouge et Or football players Category:BC Lions players Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Category:Ottawa Redblacks players Category:Players of Canadian football from Montreal Category:Edmonton Elks players