Steve Kaufusi
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Position: | Defensive lineman |
Personal information | |
Born: | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | October 17, 1963
Career information | |
College: | BYU |
NFL Draft: | 1988 / Round: 12 / Pick: 319 |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR |
Sitiveni P. Kaufusi (born October 17, 1963 in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1988-1990.
College career[]
Kaufusi also played college football at Brigham Young University and attended junior college at Dixie State College.
Coaching career[]
Most recently, Kaufusi was defensive-line coach at Brigham Young University, stepping down in January 2018. He played a key role in recruiting Polynesian players to BYU. Kaufusi was one of just a few Tongans coaching in Division I football.
Personal life[]
Kaufusi's three sons, Bronson, Corbin, and Devin all played college football for the BYU Cougars, with Bronson and Corbin both having played for the BYU basketball team as well. His wife, Michelle Kaufusi is currently mayor of Provo, Utah.
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- 1963 births
- American football defensive linemen
- BYU Cougars football players
- Living people
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Tongan emigrants to the United States
- Tongan players of American football
- Dixie State Trailblazers football players
- People from Nukuʻalofa
- Spouses of United States mayors
- American football defensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs