:Hiva Lutui

{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}

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| currentnumber = 55

| currentposition = Guard

| class = File:Redshirt.svg Senior

| major = Sociology

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Euless, Texas

| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 295

| highlights =

• USA Today High School All-American (2011)

| highschool = Euless (TX) Trinity

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• Utah (2012–2015)

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Hiva Lutui ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|iː|v|ə|_|l|uː|ˈ|t|uː|i}} {{respell|HEE|və|_|loo|TOO|ee}}; born March 25, 1994) is a former American football offensive guard. He attended the University of Utah.

A native of Euless, Texas, Lutui attended Trinity High School, where he was a first-team all-state Class 5A offensive lineman in 2010 and 2011. Lutui had 143 knockdowns and 42 pancakes as a junior, and 114 knockdowns, 43 pancakes, a 90% overall grade with no sacks allowed as a senior. He was a key cog on one of the best rushing offenses in Texas in 2010 and 2011, helping Euless Trinity to the 2010 Class 5A Division I state championship game, where they were upset by Pearland 24–28 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.{{cite news |url=http://www.khou.com/sports/Pearland-shocks-1-Euless-Trinity-wins-5A-state-title-112140134.html |title=Pearland shocks #1 Euless Trinity, wins 5A state title |newspaper=KHOU |date=December 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211710/http://www.khou.com/sports/Pearland-shocks-1-Euless-Trinity-wins-5A-state-title-112140134.html |archivedate=April 8, 2014 }} Behind Lutui, Trinity's ground attack rushed for over 325 yards per game in back-to-back seasons.{{cite web |url=http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/01/rivalscom-euless-trinity-lineman-hiva-lu.html/ |title=Rivals.com: Euless Trinity lineman Hiva Lutui commits to Utah | High School Sports Blog |accessdate=2013-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819112903/http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/01/rivalscom-euless-trinity-lineman-hiva-lu.html/ |archivedate=2012-08-19 }}

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Lutui was ranked as the No. 31 offensive guard in his class.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2891 |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 3, 2015 |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404033119/https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2891 |url-status=dead }} He had offers from USC, UCLA, and Utah, among others, and originally committed to UCLA.{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/headlines/20110808-reports-euless-trinity-lineman-hiva-lutui-commits-to-ucla.ece |title=Reports: Euless Trinity lineman Hiva Lutui commits to UCLA |newspaper=Dallas Morning-News |date=8 August 2011 }} In January 2012, he decommitted, and switched to Utah.{{cite news |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/53408848-89/utes-lutui-utah-committed.html.csp |newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune |title=Utah football: Texas lineman Hiva Lutui picks the Utes |date=January 30, 2012 }}

On July 12, 2016, after suffering an ACL injury during spring football, it was announced that Lutui would end his playing career with Utah.{{cite web|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4109349&itype=CMSID|title=Utah football: Hiva Lutui ends playing career after knee injury|website=Salt Lake Tribune|first=Kyle|last=Goon|date=July 12, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2023}}