Mike Humiston

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Mike Humiston

| number = 50, 57

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|1|8}}

| birth_place = Oceanside, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 238

| high_school = Anderson (CA) Union

| college = Weber State

| undraftedyear = 1981

| pastteams =

• Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1981}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1982}})
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1984}})
• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue1 = 4

| statlabel2 = Safeties

| statvalue2 = 1

| pfr = HumiMi20

}}

Michael David Humiston (born January 8, 1959) is a former American football linebacker.

Graduating from Union High School in Anderson, California, he played collegiately at Shasta College{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight-mike-humiston-tries-t/158400094/|date=July 16, 1982|page=B-1|first=Brian|last=Blomster|title=Mike Humiston tries to ignore NFL tempest|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 4, 2024}} and Weber State College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HumiMi20.htm|title = Mike Humiston Stats|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}} At Weber State, he was a three-year letterman and named First-Team All-America for the 1980 season.{{Cite web|url=https://weberstatesports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/mike-humiston/66|title = Mike Humiston (2003) |website=Weber State Sports Hall of Fame}} He played for the Buffalo Bills in 1981, the Baltimore Colts in 1982, the Indianapolis Colts in 1984, and for the San Diego Chargers in 1987.{{r|pfr}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/mikehumiston/2517023/profile |title=Mike Humiston, LB |work=NFL.com |date= |access-date=2020-02-07}}

Humiston received a degree in police science at Weber State{{r|weber}} and was a Chico, California, policeman in the offseason while playing in the NFL.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-humiston-plays-gui/158400141/|date=November 9, 1984|page=16|title=Humiston plays guided missile on specialties|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|first=Tom|last=Rietmann|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 4, 2024}} After playing professional football, he was a member of the Tehama County, California, sheriff's department for six years, where he served as a patrol officer and then a detective.{{Cite web|url=https://waynesburgsports.com/news/2009/4/6/BASE_0406093114.aspx?path=baseball|title = Waynesburg baseball team set to honor country's heroes|date=April 6, 2009|website=Waynesburg University Athletics}} He later was the head coach for the Waynesburg University baseball program in Pennsylvania. He is currently the Director of the Department of Public Safety at Waynesburg University.{{cite web |url=https://waynesburgsports.com/staff-directory/mike-humiston/2 |title=Mike Humiston - Head Coach - Staff Directory - Waynesburg University Athletics |website=waynesburgsports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508111007/https://waynesburgsports.com/staff-directory/mike-humiston/2 |archive-date=2021-05-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://216.119.100.54/hof.htm|title = Welcome to Shasta County Sports Hall of Fame}}