Vai Sikahema

Rushing yards:	217
Rushing average:	3.7
Receptions:	53
Receiving yards:	537
Return yards:	8,102
Total touchdowns:	5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Vai Sikahema
No. 36, 45, 22
Position:	Running back ; Return specialist
Personal information
Born:	August 29, 1962 (age 62); Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mesa (Mesa, Arizona)
College:	BYU
NFL draft:	1986 / round: 10 / pick: 254
Career history
	St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1986–1990); Green Bay Packers (1991); Philadelphia Eagles (1992–1993);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Pro Bowl (1986, 1987); First-team All-Pro (1987); Second-team All-Pro (1986); National champion (1984);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	217
Rushing average:	3.7
Receptions:	53
Receiving yards:	537
Return yards:	8,102
Total touchdowns:	5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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Vai Sikahema (born 29 August 1962) is a Tongan broadcaster and former professional American football player. He played as a running back and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). He has served as a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2021.^[1]^[2]

Sikahema led his high school team in Arizona to the 1979 state championship game.^[3] He played college football for the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars, and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (later the Phoenix Cardinals) in the tenth round of the 1986 NFL draft. He also played for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles before retiring after the 1993 season. The first Tongan ever to play in the NFL, he played for eight seasons from 1986 to 1993. After retiring from the NFL, he served as sports director for NBC 10, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia from 1994 to 2020.^[4]

^ "Elder Vaiangina Sikahema". Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "See the 8 newly sustained General Authority Seventies and 3 Primary general presidency members". TheChurchNews.com. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "Vai May Be Slow But He's An All-Pro". DeseretNews.com. Associated Press. 24 July 1988. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.
^ Michel Tanenbaum (31 July 2020). "Vai Sikahema to retire in November after 26 years at NBC10". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 19 January 2021.