LIONS SIGN BARTEL

(Vancouver) The BC Lions Football Club today announced that punter Josh Bartel has been signed by the team.

Bartel (6’3”, 200) joins the Lions after spending the past four seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and two campaigns with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The Wodonga, Australia native has appeared in 103 regular season games over six CFL seasons notching a 43.4-yard average (34.7 net avg.) on more than 700 career punts. A two-time West Division All-Star in 2012 and 2013, Bartel has landed 64 punts inside the 10 yard-line. 

Single game tickets for all home games are also on sale now. Click here to view the 2019 schedule.

The next BC Lions home game is Thursday, July 11 versus the Edmonton Eskimos presented by Nissan and featuring halftime musical guest Tim Hicks.

(Lions PR/Photo: Janice Owens)