Matt Asiata
Asiata in 2013
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| No. 44 Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | July 24, 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Garden Grove, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | West Valley City (UT) Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Utah | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 1,259 |
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| Rushing average: | 3.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 18 |
| Receptions: | 101 |
| Receiving yards: | 722 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
 Asiata performs at the 2011 NFL Combine
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Matt Asiata (born July 24, 1987) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He attended Hunter High School and played college football at Utah. Following his senior season, Asiata declared for the 2011 NFL Draft, but he went undrafted. He joined the Vikings as a rookie free agent after the lockout. 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 during the 2014 season when he started 9 games after Adrian Peterson got suspended.
Born in Garden Grove, California to Samoan parents, Asiata graduated from Hunter High School in West Valley City, Utah, where he was a standout running back for the Wolverines.
In his first year of high school in 2003, Asiata and the Wolverines won Hunter High's first UHSAA Class 5A football championship ever over Skyline. He was also a member the state champion basketball team that same year.
After failing to qualify out of high school, Asiata spent two seasons at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he played as a running back. In his first year, he rushed for 781 yards on 144 carries (5.4 ypc) and scored five touchdowns. In 2006, his sophomore year, Asiata set a new school record for single-season rushing yards with 1,494 despite missing one game with a hamstring injury. In a four-game stretch, he rushed for 459 yards (114.8 yards a game) on 61 carries (7.5 ypc) and scored six touchdowns. Listed at 6'0" and 232 lbs, Asiata was given a three-star rating and was considered the 79th best running back in the nation according to Rivals.com. On December 11, 2006, Asiata committed to the University of Utah. He also had a scholarship offer from UNLV.
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