Lakei Heimuli

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 (1987).

Lakei Heimuli
No. 38
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1965-06-24) June 24, 1965
Vavaʻu, Tonga
Career information
High school:Kahuku (Kahuku, Hawaii)
College:BYU
NFL Draft:1987 / Round: 9 / Pick: 249
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts–yards:34–128
Receptions–yards:5–51
Touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com

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. He is distinguished as being the first Tongan to play in the National Football League.[1]

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[2][3] after completing his bachelor's degree at Stanford University.

References
  1. DataBase Football Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. @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.
  3. "Houston Heimuli transfers from Stanford to BYU". 247Sports. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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