Taivale "Junior" Tautalatasi Jr. (born March 24, 1962) is a former American football running back.
Born in Oakland, California to a Samoan American family, Tautalatasi graduated from Encinal High School in nearby Alameda in 1981.
[6] Tautalatasi was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the tenth round (261st overall) of the 1986 NFL draft.
[12] Buddy Ryan, Tautalatasi's head coach with the Eagles, was unable to pronounce his last name and referred to him most often as "Junior Smith".
[3] On November 9, 1988, he was waived to make room for running back Walter Abercrombie.