Matt Asiata
Asiata in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | July 24, 1987 Garden Grove, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Hunter (West Valley City, Utah) | ||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft: | 2011: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew Retinai Asiata (born July 24, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) and Alliance of American Football (AAF). He attended Hunter High School and played college football at Utah. Asiata was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent. Asiata is tied with a number of other Vikings players for the franchise record of most rushing touchdowns in a single game at three. He achieved this feat three times; once in 2013 and twice during the 2014 season when he started nine games after Adrian Peterson was suspended.