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Vai Sikahema

Vai S. Sikahema

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 181 lbs.
Born: August 29, 1962 in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga
College: BYU

Career AV: 9 (6648th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round (254th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1986* 24 STL RET 36 16 0 43 522 2 71 12.1 37 847 0 44 22.9 1530 3
1987*+ 25 STL RET 36 15 0 44 550 1 76 12.5 34 761 0 50 22.4 1311 1
1988 26 PHO RET 36 12 0 33 341 0 28 10.3 23 475 0 39 20.7 816 0
1989 27 PHO RET 36 16 2 37 433 0 53 11.7 43 874 0 52 20.3 1697 3
1990 28 PHO RET 36 16 0 36 306 0 20 8.5 27 544 0 32 20.1 909 0
1991 29 GNB RET 45 11 0 26 239 0 62 9.2 15 325 0 35 21.7 564 0
1992 30 PHI RET 22 16 0 40 503 1 87 12.6 26 528 0 41 20.3 1175 3
1993 31 PHI RET 22 16 0 33 275 0 25 8.3 30 579 0 35 19.3 854 0
Career 118 2 292 3169 4 87 10.9 235 4933 0 52 21.0 8856 10
5 yrs CRD 75 2 193 2152 3 76 11.2 164 3501 0 52 21.3 6263 7
2 yrs PHI 32 0 73 778 1 87 10.7 56 1107 0 41 19.8 2029 3
1 yr GNB 11 0 26 239 0 62 9.2 15 325 0 35 21.7 564 0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1986* 24 STL RET 36 16 0 16 62 0 23 3.9 3.9 1.0 10 99 9.9 1 27 0.6 6.2 161 1 2
1989 27 PHO RET 36 16 2 38 145 0 27 3.8 9.1 2.4 23 245 10.7 0 37 1.4 15.3 390 0 2
1990 28 PHO RET 36 16 0 3 8 0 4 2.7 0.5 0.2 7 51 7.3 0 13 0.4 3.2 59 0 2
1992 30 PHI RET 22 16 0 2 2 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 13 142 10.9 0 22 0.8 8.9 144 0 0
Career 118 2 59 217 0 27 3.7 1.8 0.5 53 537 10.1 1 37 0.4 4.6 754 1 15
5 yrs CRD 75 2 57 215 0 27 3.8 2.9 0.8 40 395 9.9 1 37 0.5 5.3 610 1 8
2 yrs PHI 32 0 2 2 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 13 142 10.9 0 22 0.4 4.4 144 0 4

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1986* 24 STL RET 36 16 0 2 0 0 0
1988 26 PHO RET 36 12 0 2 1 0 0
1989 27 PHO RET 36 16 2 2 3 0 0
1990 28 PHO RET 36 16 0 2 1 0 0
1991 29 GNB RET 45 11 0 3 0 0 0
1993 31 PHI RET 22 16 0 4 0 0 0
Career 118 2 15 5 0 0
5 yrs CRD 75 2 8 5 0 0
2 yrs PHI 32 0 4 0 0 0
1 yr GNB 11 0 3 0 0 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1989 27 PHO RET 36 16 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 118 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986* 24 STL RET 36 16 0 1 2 3 18
1987*+ 25 STL RET 36 15 0 1 1 6
1992 30 PHI RET 22 16 0 1 1 6
Career 118 2 1 4 5 30
5 yrs CRD 75 2 1 3 4 24
2 yrs PHI 32 0 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1986
1987

First-Team All-Pro

1987

Non-Offensive TDs

1986 NFL 2 (4)
1987 NFL 1 (6)
Career 4 (176)

All-Purpose Yds

1987 NFL 1311 (6)
1989 NFL 1697 (10)
Career 8856 (176)

Yds/Touch

1986 NFL 14.4 (1/84)
1989 NFL 12.0 (4)
Career 13.9 (124)

Kick Returns

1986 NFL 37 (4)
1987 NFL 34 (3)
1989 NFL 43 (3)
1993 NFL 30 (9)
Career 235 (20)

Kick Return Yds

1986 NFL 847 (5)
1987 NFL 761 (3)
1989 NFL 874 (4)
Career 4933 (26)

Yds/Kick Return

1986 NFL 22.9 (7)
1987 NFL 22.4 (8)

Punt Returns

1986 NFL 43 (3)
1987 NFL 44 (1/86)
1989 NFL 37 (4)
1990 NFL 36 (4)
1992 NFL 40 (3)
Career 292 (9)

Punt Return Yds

1986 NFL 522 (1/48)
1987 NFL 550 (1/35)
1988 NFL 341 (7)
1989 NFL 433 (5)
1990 NFL 306 (7)
1992 NFL 503 (2/58)
Career 3169 (8)

Punt Return TD

1986 NFL 2 (1/15)
1987 NFL 1 (2/89)
1992 NFL 1 (5/89)
Career 4 (18)

Long Punt Return

1986 NFL 71 (7)
1987 NFL 76 (9)
1989 NFL 53 (9)
1991 NFL 62 (7)
1992 NFL 87 (2/72)

Yds/Punt Return

1986 NFL 12.1 (2)
1987 NFL 12.5 (5)
1988 NFL 10.3 (7)
1989 NFL 11.7 (4)
1991 NFL 9.2 (10)
1992 NFL 12.6 (4)
Career 10.9 (31)

Kick & Punt Returns

1986 NFL 80 (2/95)
1987 NFL 78 (1)
1988 NFL 56 (7)
1989 NFL 80 (1/95)
1990 NFL 63 (5)
1992 NFL 66 (1)
1993 NFL 63 (7)
Career 527 (10)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1986 NFL 1369 (1)
1987 NFL 1311 (1)
1988 NFL 816 (8)
1989 NFL 1307 (1)
1990 NFL 850 (8)
1992 NFL 1031 (5)
Career 8102 (13)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1986Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1987Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
1992Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 24 16 RB 22 104
1989 27 16 RB 39 78
1990 28 16 RB 6 121
1992 30 16 RB 14 92
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