Player Dossier

2016-2019

Utah

Leki Fotu

DT • 6'5" • 335 lbs • West Valley City, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Leki Fotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Utah
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Leki Fotu built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from West Valley City, UT wearing No. 99, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Leki Fotu's career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 8
Overall
No. 114
NFL Team
Arizona Cardinals

Leki Fotu, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Utah. Leki Fotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
17
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Leki Fotu quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah · DT
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Utah
Top game
BYU
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 4 · Pick 8 · Arizona Cardinals
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
28 tackles · DT 68th (top 29%) · Pac-12 137th (top 26%) · National 1,523rd (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUtah11-0--036.4
2017 PostseasonUtah103-0--029.7
2017 Regular SeasonUtah10193.50-1029.7
2018 PostseasonUtah104-0--048.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah10295.532-048.5
2019 PostseasonUtah1020.50.5--062.5
2019 Regular SeasonUtah10267.5122062.5

Related Context

Leki Fotu played DT for Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Leki Fotu recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Utah paired 13.5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Utah

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

25.2

Usage

9.5

Consistency

46

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 1. BYU: 2. Idaho State: 0.5. USC: 1. Oregon State: 3. Arizona State: 1. California: 2.5. UCLA: 0. Colorado: 0. Oregon: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 4 by 36.7. Idaho State: 3 by 17.5. USC: 2 by 18.3. Oregon State: 2 by 38.3. Arizona State: 4 by 26.7. California: 3 by 37.5. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 3 by 37.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Oregon State

Result
Wed 1/1@ TexasL 10-38200.500.500
Sat 12/7@ OregonSplash gameL 15-37300.5000
Sun 12/1vs ColoradoW 45-1532000
Sun 11/17vs UCLAW 49-320000
Sun 10/27vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 35-0311.5010
Sat 10/19vs Arizona StateW 21-340001
Sun 10/13@ Oregon StateSplash gameW 52-722201
Sat 9/21@ USCL 23-3021100
Sat 9/14vs Idaho StateW 31-0300.5000
Fri 8/30@ BYUSplash gameW 30-1243200

Player Story

Leki Fotu story

Leki Fotu built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from West Valley City, UT wearing No. 99, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Leki Fotu's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Leki Fotu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUtah04.20.6
2017 PostseasonUtah4.513.74.44.5
2017 Regular SeasonUtah4.513.74.40
2018 PostseasonUtah10.524.37.56
2018 Regular SeasonUtah10.524.37.50
2019 PostseasonUtah13.525.29.53
2019 Regular SeasonUtah13.525.29.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs BYU

Week 13 · W 35-27

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs USC

Week 8 · W 41-28 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#3

@ Washington

Week 12 · L 30-33 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Oregon

Week 15 · L 15-37 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

vs California

Week 9 · W 35-0 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Utah

13.5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 9.5 usage

62.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Utah

62.5

13.5 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Utah

48.5

10.5 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games