Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Houston
Sione Fotu
LB • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sione Fotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Utah • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Sione Fotu built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 12, spending time with Houston and Utah. The clearest part of Sione Fotu's career was his defensive...
Read the storySione Fotu, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah. Sione Fotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 99
- TFL
- 0.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Sione Fotu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · LB
- Career Tackles
- 99
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Utah
- Top game
- Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Jonesboro · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · LB 263rd (top 21%) · Big 12 57th (top 8%) · National 546th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 4 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah | 6 | 18 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 5 | 19 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 53.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 52 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 43 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Sione Fotu played LB for Utah and Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sione Fotu recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Utah paired 3 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Utah, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Houston
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
21.7
Usage
5
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Rice: 1. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0. West Virginia: 0. UCF: 0. TCU: 1. Baylor: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 6 by 35. Colorado: 4 by 16.7. Oregon State: 15 by 50. Texas Tech: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 5 by 20.8. UCF: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 6 by 35. Baylor: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
50 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/28 | vs LSU | W 38-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Baylor | W 31-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs TCU | L 14-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UCF | W 30-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs West Virginia | L 35-45 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | @ Arizona State | W 24-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Arizona | W 31-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Texas Tech | L 11-35 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles | W 27-24 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/12 | vs Colorado | W 36-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Rice | W 35-9 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sione Fotu story
Sione Fotu built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 12, spending time with Houston and Utah. The clearest part of Sione Fotu's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Sione Fotu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Utah
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 9.4 | 2.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah | 1 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 3 | 21.8 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 3 | 21.7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 3 | 21.7 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 14 · W 31-24 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 37 TCU
Week 13 · L 14-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 120 Rice
Week 2 · W 35-9
1
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Baylor
Week 2 · W 23-12 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Utah State
Week 3 · W 38-21
1
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Utah
3 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 4 usage
53.6
#2
2025 Postseason · Houston
43
3 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Houston
43
3 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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