Vavae Malepeai
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive quality control analyst |
| Team | Stanford Cardinal |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 28, 1998 Aiea, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (2019, 2021) |
| Playing career | |
| 2016–2021 | USC |
| Position | Running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2023–present | Stanford (OQCA) |
Vavae Malepeai (born January 28, 1998) is an American former football running back. He is currently an offensive quality control analyst at Stanford, a position he has held since 2023. Malepeai played for the USC Trojans.
Malepeai was born in 1998 in Aiea, Hawaii. He played football at Mililani High School where he became one of the best running backs in Hawaii high school football history.[1] He concluded his high school career with more rushing yards than any other player in state history.[2] He would originally commit to play at Oregon[3] but would switch his commitment to USC.[4]
College career
Malepeai enrolled at the University of Southern California in 2016. He was redshirted as a true freshman after suffering a broken shoulder blade in training camp. Despite having his season shortened due to injury, he led the 2019 USC Trojans football team with 503 rushing yards in eight games.[5] His 2019 season was cut short by a knee injury.[6] Malepeai later revealed that he had injured the knee in before the season began and played hurt, hoping he could fight through it.[7]
In 2020, he again led USC in rushing yardage.[2][8]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | ||||||
| USC Trojans | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Redshirt  | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 261 | 5.3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 12 | 1 | 93 | 501 | 5.4 | 8 | 15 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 8 | 7 | 105 | 503 | 4.8 | 6 | 15 | 70 | 8.8 | 1 | |||||
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 238 | 4.4 | 3 | 16 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | 114 | 502 | 4.4 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 50 | 15 | 415 | 2,005 | 4.8 | 23 | 61 | 292 | 4.8 | 1 | |||||
