Sione Vaki
| Date | News |
| 8/20/25 | Grant Stuard returning kicks for Lions isn't some gimmick: 'I want to prove them right'. With Khalil Dorsey at the time still working his way back from a broken leg and Sione Vaki nursing a hamstring injury, the Detroit Lions entered last month's Hall of Fame Game against the Los Angeles Chargers a little bit thin at kick returner. "Necessity is the mother of all invention, right?" Fipp said Wednesday. Grant Stuard, signed by the Lions in March, was brought in to provide depth on defense and his bring his hair-on-fire attitude to special teams. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions... |
| 8/18/25 | Lions' Sione Vaki may have RB role despite presence of Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery. Detroit has a lot of talent. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/lions-sione-vaki-... |
| 8/05/25 | Second-year RB ready to make preseason debut for Detroit Lions. Sione Vaki has been back practicing after suffering a hamstring injury early in training camp, and expects to make his preseason debut this week against the Atlanta Falcons. Vaki missed last week's exhibition opener in the Hall of Fame Game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Source: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2025/08/second-year-rb... |
| 2/14/25 | 2024 position breakdown: Special teams. The good: Since Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp was hired in 2021, Detroit's special teams has been one of the top units year after year. In Week 2, punter Jack Fox threw a 17-yard pass to Sione Vaki to convert a 4th & 12 from Detroit's 20-yard line. Since Fipp was hired, the team is 9-for-12 on fake punt attempts. Four of those conversions have come via rushes and the other five have come via passes from Fox, who is 4-for-5 (80.0 percent), and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who is 1-for-1. Source: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/2024-position-br... |
| 12/02/24 | Lions lead all NFL teams in Pro Bowl voting; Sewell, Ragnow, Zeitler top NFC by position. Rookie Sione Vaki leads all NFL special teams players in Pro Bowl voting, but he's far from the only Lions player doing well. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/lions-lead-nfl-teams-pro-... |
| 11/26/24 | 5 questions with Lions RB Sione Vaki: On learning to sing and play running back. Sione Vaki came to the Detroit Lions earlier this year with little experience at running back – just one full season of it at Utah. Q: What are the biggest things you've learned about the NFL and what it takes to be successful here? Especially protection, when it comes to the running back position, that was a big thing I kind of latched on and am kind of learning, how to pick up protection, how to see a defense, how to understand the way they're going to attack us, linebackers' tendencies on how they blitz. Being able to be in such a big vet room with (Jahmyr Gibbs, David Mongomery, Craig Reynolds, Jermar Jefferson)), all of those guys have helped me a lot. Source: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/11/5-questions-wi... |
| 9/15/24 | Who is Jack Fox? Meet the Lions punter known for converting fake punts. On fourth-and-12 in the second quarter, just outside their own goal line, the Lions elected to punt down 13-6 to the Buccaneers, as virtually every NFL team would. Instead, he floated a pass over the middle to Sione Vaki for a 17-yard gain and a first down. This isn't the first time Fox has facilitated a fake punt for the Lions. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/jack-fox-... |
| 8/28/24 | Liberty football alum Sione Vaki makes Detroit Lions 53-man roster. There could be an influx of Sione Vaki's Detroit Lions jerseys floating around Brentwood soon after the Liberty alum officially made the 53-man roster as the 32 NFL teams finalized their active rosters on Tuesday. Vaki showed his toughness and athleticism in short bursts during the preseason, carrying only 10 times for 51 yards – including one carry in a game against Kansas City during which he lost his facemask on a run. Source: https://www.thepress.net/sports/liberty-football-a... |
| 8/22/24 | Former Utah football star Sione Vaki goes viral for singing voice. Sione Vaki has made a big impression on his new coach Dan Campbell — and not just with his performance on the field. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-utah-fo... |
| 8/20/24 | College two-way player Sione Vaki impressing in Lions' offense. At Utah last year, Sione Vaki was a first-team All-Pac-12 player both on defense as a safety and as an all-purpose special teams player. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/college-two-way-player-si... |
| 8/19/24 | What Sione Vaki's coach said about the offensive growth the Detroit Lions rookie has shown. Sione Vaki gave his head coach a lesson on just how much he is capable of during the team's 24-23 preseason win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. Vaki, the dual-way Detroit Lions rookie who starred as a safety at the University of Utah but has moved over to running back in Detroit, continued to show what he can do offensively for the Lions. Source: https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/08/19/sione-va... |
| 8/13/24 | Growth of Lions rookie Sione Vaki on full display — even if he doesn't fully feel it yet. On his way off the practice field Monday, he told The Detroit News that he feels like he's still gripping the steering wheel "just a little bit." Vaki played safety at Utah, and when Detroit took him in the fourth round of April's NFL Draft, he thought they wanted him to play defense. Vaki said he favors offense, where he was mainly featured growing up. Just as the Lions have done with him now, the coaching staff at Utah flipped him to the other side upon arrival. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions... |
| 8/08/24 | Why Utah's Sione Vaki 'had a nice debut' in his first preseason game. Sione Vaki's first appearance in an NFL preseason game was brief, but it made a positive impression. The former University of Utah dual-way player had four carries for 29 yards for the Detroit Lions in their 14-3 loss to the New York Giants on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Vaki's carries all came on one series late in the first half. Source: https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/08/08/sione-va... |
| 5/11/24 | Versatile Detroit Lions rookie embracing switch to RB, new NFL kickoff rules. ALLEN PARK -- Transitioning from the college game to the NFL isn't an easy task, no matter the situation, player or position. But Sione Vaki is embracing the challenge of making the switch from safety to running back, not to mention learning the new NFL kickoff rules in his early days. The fourth-round pick for the Detroit Lions was listed on the roster as a running back, no surprise there. And he was impossible to miss flying down the field with the new-look kickoff rules on the first day of rookie minicamp. The Lions are leaving the door open for safety reps , Vaki's primary position at Utah. But he and the team will focus on his move to running back and as someone expected to complete for Source: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/05/versatile-detr... |
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