Lakei Heimuli
Tongan gridiron football player (born 1965)
American football player
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||
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| Born: | (1965-06-24) June 24, 1965 (age 58) Vavaʻu, Tonga | ||||||
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| High school: | Kahuku (Kahuku, Hawaii) | ||||||
| College: | BYU | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1987 / Round: 9 / Pick: 249 | ||||||
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Lakei Heimuli (born June 24, 1965) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played one season with the Chicago Bears, who selected him in the ninth round of the 1987 NFL draft.[1]
Heimuli played college football as a running back at Brigham Young University (BYU) and lettered from 1984 to 1986. He rushed for 966 yards in 1986 as a senior and is second in all-time rushing yards with 2,710 yards. Heimuli is third all time in total touchdowns with 32 (30 rushing and 2 receiving. He attended Kahuku High School in Hawaii.[2]
Two of his five children have also played college football. Helam Heimuli played at Weber State University and Houston Heimuli is currently a fullback at Brigham Young University[3][4] after completing his bachelor's degree at Stanford University.
References
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ DataBase Football Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ @byufootball (January 5, 2022). "Coach Sitake has announced the mid-year additions of graduate transfer running backs @chris_br0oks26 from Cal and @HHeimuli from Stanford. Both players have enrolled for winter semester at BYU" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Houston Heimuli transfers from Stanford to BYU". 247Sports. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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1984 BYU Cougars football—consensus national champions
- Robert Anae
- Mark Bellini
- Robbie Bosco
- J. D. Brookhart
- Blaine Fowler
- Kurt Gouveia
- Lakei Heimuli
- Jim Herrmann
- Lee Johnson
- Shawn Knight
- Glen Kozlowski
- Trevor Matich
- Vai Sikahema
- Leon White
- Cary Whittingham
- Head coach: LaVell Edwards
- Assistant coaches: Bart Andrus
- Norm Chow
- Dick Felt
- Mike Holmgren
- Dennis Miller
- Jim Paronto
- Charlie Stubbs
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