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Mekeli Ieremia
#80PositionDefensive Tackle
Weight238 lbs
Height6-2
ClassSenior
HometownTarrytown
Previous SchoolSleepy Hallow High School
Personal
Parents are Lutatu and Lola of Niosafutu, Western Samoa ... married Lisa Lambert in Provo ... sociology major.
Before BYU
High School - Mekeli didnt get a shot at American football until he arrived in Tarrytown, N.Y. back in 1972, and played only one season (his senior year) before enrolling at BYU ... won Con Edison award for the State of New York (1974), was voted MVP in teh area ... Sleepy Hollow High won regional championship in White Plains ... he was coached by Bruce Thomas (Rhode Island) ... 3.5 GPA.