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Naufahu Tahi

Naufahu Anitoni Tahi

Running Back

6-1, 240 lbs

West Valley City, Utah

Born: October 30, 1981 in Fontana, California (44-190)

High School: Granger HS

Mission: Jacksonville Florida

Pronunciation: nah-oo-FAH-hoo TAH-hee

2004 Team Captain

33 3 3

Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
2004	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0
Total	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1999	106	441	4.2	2	28

2003	34	77	2.3	1	11
2004	94	339	3.6	5	18
2005	97	497	5.1	6	31
Total	331	1354	4.1	14	31

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1999	11	74	6.7	0	20

2003	14	144	10.3	2	35
2004	16	139	8.7	1	38
2005	41	375	9.1	2	27
Total	82	732	8.9	5	38

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
1999	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1999	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12

2003	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18
2004	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	36
2005	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	48
Career	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	114

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1999	FR	33	RB	12	7

2003	R-SO	3	RB	11	0
2004	R-JR	3	RB	11	5
2005	R-SR	3	RB	11	6
Total				44	18

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1999	FR	33	RB

2002	RS	3	RB
2003	R-SO	3	RB
2004	R-JR	3	RB
2005	R-SR	3	RB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Pct	Yds/Att	Eff
Oct 16, 2004	H	WYO	W 24-13	0	1	0.0	0.0	.0

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	1	8	21	2.6	0	13
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	0	6	25	4.2	0	13
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	1	5	42	8.4	0	28
Oct 1, 1999	A	USU	W 34-31	1	22	116	5.3	0	24
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	0	8	53	6.6	0	27
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	1	14	53	3.8	2	12
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	0	16	89	5.6	0	24
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	1	7	13	1.9	0	8
Nov 13, 1999	A	WYO	L 17-31	1	10	11	1.1	0	7
Nov 20, 1999	H	UTAH	L 17-20	1	6	22	3.7	0	6
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0	4	-4	-1.0	0	2
Aug 28, 2003	H	GT	W 24-13	0	6	6	1.0	0	4
Sep 6, 2003	A	USC	L 18-35	0	3	6	2.0	0	2
Sep 13, 2003	A	UNM	W 10-7	0	4	-4	-1.0	0	1
Sep 20, 2003	H	STAN	L 14-18	0	3	14	4.7	0	7
Sep 27, 2003	H	AFA	L 10-24	0	3	9	3.0	0	4
Oct 4, 2003	A	SDSU	W 44-36	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Oct 18, 2003	A	WYO	L 10-13	0	2	8	4.0	1	6
Oct 25, 2003	A	UNLV	W 27-20	0	7	23	3.3	0	11
Nov 15, 2003	A	ND	L 14-33	0	2	2	1.0	0	4
Nov 22, 2003	H	UTAH	L 0-3	0	2	13	6.5	0	11
Sep 4, 2004	H	ND	W 20-17	1	13	31	2.4	1	11
Sep 11, 2004	A	STAN	L 10-37	0	6	7	1.2	1	4
Sep 18, 2004	H	USC	L 10-42	1	7	27	3.9	0	13
Sep 24, 2004	A	BSU	L 27-28	1	8	16	2.0	0	8
Oct 2, 2004	A	CSU	W 31-21	1	16	98	6.1	1	18
Oct 8, 2004	H	UNLV	L 20-24	1	12	11	0.9	0	9
Oct 16, 2004	H	WYO	W 24-13	0	12	70	5.8	1	15
Oct 23, 2004	A	AFA	W 41-24	0	6	36	6.0	0	15
Nov 6, 2004	H	SDSU	W 49-16	0	7	18	2.6	1	6
Nov 13, 2004	H	UNM	L 14-21	0	5	24	4.8	0	9
Nov 20, 2004	A	UTAH	L 21-52	0	2	1	0.5	0	2
Sep 3, 2005	H	BC	L 3-20	0	1	4	4.0	0	4
Sep 10, 2005	H	EIU	W 45-10	1	9	59	6.6	1	20
Sep 24, 2005	H	TCU	L 50-51	0	6	20	3.3	0	10
Oct 1, 2005	A	SDSU	L 10-31	0	5	33	6.6	1	17
Oct 15, 2005	H	CSU	W 24-14	1	14	86	6.1	0	20
Oct 22, 2005	A	ND	L 23-49	1	14	63	4.5	0	13
Oct 29, 2005	H	AFA	W 62-41	0	10	59	5.9	0	12
Nov 5, 2005	A	UNLV	W 55-14	0	11	62	5.6	2	31
Nov 12, 2005	A	WYO	W 35-21	1	14	72	5.1	1	11
Nov 19, 2005	H	UTAH	L 34-41	1	5	15	3.0	0	8
Dec 22, 2005	B	CAL	L 28-35	1	8	24	3.0	1	18

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	1	1	1	10	10.0	0	10
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	0	3	3	28	9.3	0	16
Oct 1, 1999	A	USU	W 34-31	1	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	0	1	1	4	4.0	0	4
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	0	1	1	20	20.0	0	20
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	1	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
Nov 13, 1999	A	WYO	L 17-31	1	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
Nov 20, 1999	H	UTAH	L 17-20	1	5	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0	1	1	2	2.0	0	2
Aug 28, 2003	H	GT	W 24-13	0	4	4	9	2.3	0	7
Sep 6, 2003	A	USC	L 18-35	0	2	2	15	7.5	0	9
Sep 13, 2003	A	UNM	W 10-7	0	1	1	4	4.0	0	4
Oct 4, 2003	A	SDSU	W 44-36	0	3	3	44	14.7	2	35
Oct 18, 2003	A	WYO	L 10-13	0	1	1	1	1.0	0	1
Nov 15, 2003	A	ND	L 14-33	0	3	3	71	23.7	0	35
Sep 4, 2004	H	ND	W 20-17	1	4	3	31	10.3	0	14
Sep 18, 2004	H	USC	L 10-42	1	3	3	10	3.3	0	8
Oct 2, 2004	A	CSU	W 31-21	1	4	3	28	9.3	0	14
Oct 23, 2004	A	AFA	W 41-24	0	1	1	38	38.0	0	38
Nov 6, 2004	H	SDSU	W 49-16	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	3
Nov 13, 2004	H	UNM	L 14-21	0	4	3	19	6.3	1	9
Nov 20, 2004	A	UTAH	L 21-52	0	1	1	13	13.0	0	13
Sep 3, 2005	H	BC	L 3-20	0	9	8	46	5.8	0	10
Sep 10, 2005	H	EIU	W 45-10	1	3	2	10	5.0	1	7
Sep 24, 2005	H	TCU	L 50-51	0	3	1	9	9.0	0	9
Oct 1, 2005	A	SDSU	L 10-31	0	9	8	80	10.0	0	27
Oct 15, 2005	H	CSU	W 24-14	1	2	2	17	8.5	0	11
Oct 22, 2005	A	ND	L 23-49	1	6	5	73	14.6	0	24
Oct 29, 2005	H	AFA	W 62-41	0	6	5	67	13.4	1	26
Nov 5, 2005	A	UNLV	W 55-14	0	4	3	27	9.0	0	18
Nov 12, 2005	A	WYO	W 35-21	1	1	1	8	8.0	0	8
Nov 19, 2005	H	UTAH	L 34-41	1	6	4	29	7.3	0	9
Dec 22, 2005	B	CAL	L 28-35	1	3	2	9	4.5	0	6

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0	1

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	1
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	0
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	1
Oct 1, 1999	A	USU	W 34-31	1
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	0
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	1
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	0
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	0
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	1
Nov 13, 1999	A	WYO	L 17-31	1
Nov 20, 1999	H	UTAH	L 17-20	1
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0
Aug 28, 2003	H	GT	W 24-13	0
Sep 6, 2003	A	USC	L 18-35	0
Sep 13, 2003	A	UNM	W 10-7	0
Sep 20, 2003	H	STAN	L 14-18	0
Sep 27, 2003	H	AFA	L 10-24	0
Oct 4, 2003	A	SDSU	W 44-36	0
Oct 18, 2003	A	WYO	L 10-13	0
Oct 25, 2003	A	UNLV	W 27-20	0
Oct 30, 2003	H	BSU	L 12-50
Nov 15, 2003	A	ND	L 14-33	0
Nov 22, 2003	H	UTAH	L 0-3	0
Sep 4, 2004	H	ND	W 20-17	1
Sep 11, 2004	A	STAN	L 10-37	0
Sep 18, 2004	H	USC	L 10-42	1
Sep 24, 2004	A	BSU	L 27-28	1
Oct 2, 2004	A	CSU	W 31-21	1
Oct 8, 2004	H	UNLV	L 20-24	1
Oct 16, 2004	H	WYO	W 24-13	0
Oct 23, 2004	A	AFA	W 41-24	0
Nov 6, 2004	H	SDSU	W 49-16	0
Nov 13, 2004	H	UNM	L 14-21	0
Nov 20, 2004	A	UTAH	L 21-52	0
Sep 3, 2005	H	BC	L 3-20	0
Sep 10, 2005	H	EIU	W 45-10	1
Sep 24, 2005	H	TCU	L 50-51	0
Oct 1, 2005	A	SDSU	L 10-31	0
Oct 15, 2005	H	CSU	W 24-14	1
Oct 22, 2005	A	ND	L 23-49	1
Oct 29, 2005	H	AFA	W 62-41	0
Nov 5, 2005	A	UNLV	W 55-14	0
Nov 12, 2005	A	WYO	W 35-21	1
Nov 19, 2005	H	UTAH	L 34-41	1
Dec 22, 2005	B	CAL	L 28-35	1

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg
2007	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	6	15	2.5
2009	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	3	5	1.7
2010	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	1	1	1.0
		NFL	10	21	2.1

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2007	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	1	7	7.0	0
2008	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	16	37	2.3	0
2009	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	10	67	6.7	1
2010	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	6	39	6.5	1
		NFL	33	150	4.5	2

Kick Returns

Season	Team	Lg	No	Yds	Avg
2008	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2	31	15.5
2009	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	1	0	0.0
		NFL	3	31	10.3

Defense

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl
2007	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2
2008	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	5
		NFL	7

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg
2006	Cincinnati Bengals	NFL	11	54	4.9
2007	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2	11	5.5
2008	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2	7	3.5
		NFL	15	72	4.8

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg
2006	Cincinnati Bengals	NFL	1	3	3.0
2007	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2	31	15.5
2008	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	5	22	4.4
2009	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	2	11	5.5
2010	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	1	15	15.0
		NFL	11	82	7.5

Date	Team	League	Transaction
May 1, 2006	Cincinnati Bengals	NFL	Signed contract
Aug 31, 2006	Cincinnati Bengals	NFL	Waived
Sep 1, 2006	Cincinnati Bengals	NFL	Added to practice squad
Nov 22, 2006	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Signed off Cincinnati practice squad
Mar 27, 2009	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Re-signed
Apr 13, 2010	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Signed one-year contract
May 6, 2012	Jacksonville Jaguars	NFL	Signed contract
Jul 27, 2012	Jacksonville Jaguars	NFL	Released

Combine

Year	Event	Ht	Wt	40-Yd	Vert	Bench	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle
2006	NFL Combine	600	254	4.85	29.00	35	101	7.72	4.70

Season	Team	Level	Position
2016	Utah State	FBS	Offensive Administrative Assistant
2017	Utah State	FBS	Offensive Administrative Assistant

2006 - Signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on May 1 as an undrafted free agent