Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Auburn
Eku Leota
LB • 6'4" • 257 lbs • Asheville, NC, USA
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Eku Leota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern • Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Eku Leota built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Asheville, NC wearing No. 55, spending time with Auburn and Northwestern. The clearest part of Eku Leota's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Eku Leota, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Auburn. Eku Leota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 15.5
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Eku Leota quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Auburn
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Asheville · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Asheville · 7 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · LB 586th (top 48%) · SEC 219th (top 36%) · National 2,095th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 13 | 5.5 | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 59.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Auburn | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Auburn | 12 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 67.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Auburn | 5 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Eku Leota played LB for Northwestern and Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eku Leota recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Auburn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Auburn paired 22 primary output with 26.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Auburn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Mercer
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
2
Efficiency
34.2
Usage
16.4
Consistency
75.1
Best Game by takeover score
Mercer
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mercer: 3. San José State: 3. Penn State: 2. Missouri: 2. LSU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mercer: 4 by 46.7. San José State: 3 by 42.5. Penn State: 5 by 40.8. Missouri: 4 by 36.7. LSU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mercer
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Mercer
Player Story
Eku Leota story
Eku Leota built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Asheville, NC wearing No. 55, spending time with Auburn and Northwestern. The clearest part of Eku Leota's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Eku Leota's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northwestern
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Auburn
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 21.4 | 8.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13.5 | 23.7 | 10.4 | 3.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Auburn | 22 | 26.3 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Auburn | 22 | 26.3 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Auburn | 10 | 34.2 | 16.4 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 11 · W 27-20 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia State
Week 4 · W 34-24
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Mercer
Week 1 · W 42-16
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs San José State
Week 2 · W 24-16
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 14 · W 29-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Auburn
22 primary output · 26.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
67.7
#2
2021 Regular Season · Auburn
67.7
22 primary · 26.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Auburn
63.7
10 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 16.4 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
18
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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