Vai Sikahema

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Vai Sikahema
Date of birth August 29, 1962
Place of birth Flag of Tonga Nuku'Alofa, Tonga
Position(s) Running Back, Kick Returner
College BYU
NFL Draft 1988 / Round 10/ Pick 254
Pro Bowls 2
Stats
Statistics
Team(s)
1986-1990
1991
1992-1993		 St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals
Green Bay Packers
Philadelphia Eagles

Vai Sikahema (born August 29, 1962 in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga) was an NFL running back-kick returner who played for 8 seasons from 1986 to 1993. Sikahema is considered the best American football player ever to emerge from Tonga[citation needed]. Sikahema was a special teams standout for several teams, including the St. Louis/ Phoenix Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, and Philadelphia Eagles. He was named to the Pro Bowl twice (in 1986 and 1987). It was during his stint with the Eagles that he came up with the famous "goalpost punching" stunt after scoring a kickoff return touchdown in a 1992 game against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium.

Upon retiring, Sikahema was hired by then-CBS owned and operated television station WCAU in Philadelphia to do weekend sports. Surviving the station's sale to NBC, Sikahema later moved to weekdays and is currently the Sports Director. His cousin, Reno Mahe, plays running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Sikahema's nephew is actor Jon Heder, star of the film Napoleon Dynamite and Blades of Glory. [1]

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