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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

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 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986* 24 STL RET 16 0 43 522 2 71 12.1 37 847 0 44 22.9 1530
1987*+ 25 STL RET 15 0 44 550 1 76 12.5 34 761 0 50 22.4 1311
1988 26 PHO RET 12 0 33 341 0 28 10.3 23 475 0 39 20.7 816
1989 27 PHO RET 16 2 37 433 0 53 11.7 43 874 0 52 20.3 1697
1990 28 PHO RET 16 0 36 306 0 20 8.5 27 544 0 32 20.1 909
1991 29 GNB RET 11 0 26 239 0 62 9.2 15 325 0 35 21.7 564
1992 30 PHI RET 16 0 40 503 1 87 12.6 26 528 0 41 20.3 1175
1993 31 PHI RET 16 0 33 275 0 25 8.3 30 579 0 35 19.3 854
Career 118 2 292 3169 4 87 10.9 235 4933 0 52 21.0 8856
5 yrs ARI 75 2 193 2152 3 76 11.2 164 3501 0 52 21.3 6263
2 yrs PHI 32 0 73 778 1 87 10.7 56 1107 0 41 19.8 2029
1 yr GNB 11 0 26 239 0 62 9.2 15 325 0 35 21.7 564

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 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 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 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 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 ARI 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1986* 24 STL RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
1988 26 PHO RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
1989 27 PHO RET 16 2 2 3 0 0
1990 28 PHO RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
1991 29 GNB RET 11 0 3 0 0 0
1993 31 PHI RET 16 0 4 0 0 0
Career 118 2 15 5 0 0
5 yrs ARI 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos 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 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986* 24 STL RET 16 0 1 2 18
1987*+ 25 STL RET 15 0 1 6
1992 30 PHI RET 16 0 1 6
Career 118 2 1 4 30
5 yrs ARI 75 2 1 3 24
2 yrs PHI 32 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1986
1987

1st-team All-Pro

1987

Non-Offensive TDs

1986 NFL 2 (4)
1987 NFL 1 (6)
Career 4 (175)

All-Purpose Yds

1987 NFL 1311 (6)
1989 NFL 1697 (10)
Career 8856 (174)

Yds/Touch

1986 NFL 14.4 (1-- 81)
1989 NFL 12.0 (4)
Career 13.9 (121)

Kick Returns

1986 NFL 37 (4)
1987 NFL 34 (3)
1989 NFL 43 (3)
1993 NFL 30 (9)
Career 235 (19)

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-- 85)
1989 NFL 37 (4)
1990 NFL 36 (4)
1992 NFL 40 (3)
Career 292 (8)

Punt Return Yds

1986 NFL 522 (1-- 47)
1987 NFL 550 (1-- 34)
1988 NFL 341 (7)
1989 NFL 433 (5)
1990 NFL 306 (7)
1992 NFL 503 (2-- 57)
Career 3169 (8)

Punt Return TD

1986 NFL 2 (1-- 14)
1987 NFL 1 (2-- 88)
1992 NFL 1 (5-- 88)
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-- 71)

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 (30)

Kick & Punt Returns

1986 NFL 80 (2-- 94)
1987 NFL 78 (1)
1988 NFL 56 (7)
1989 NFL 80 (1-- 94)
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)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1986 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1986 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1987 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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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