Player Dossier

2022-2025

Louisiana Tech

Sifa Leota

LB • 6'3" • 229 lbs • Euless, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sifa Leota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Texas • Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Sifa Leota built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Euless, TX wearing No. 42, spending time with Louisiana Tech and North Texas. The clearest part of Sifa Leota's career was his defensive...

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Sifa Leota, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana Tech. Sifa Leota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
21.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Sifa Leota quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · LB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Louisiana Tech
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
58 tackles · LB 229th (top 18%) · Conference USA 40th (top 8%) · National 446th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas9204.52.54-042.1
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonLouisiana Tech124-0--040.4
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech12385.53.511040.4
2025 PostseasonLouisiana Tech1110321-076.9
2025 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech11488.51.568076.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024North Texas to Louisiana TechG5/FCS to G5/FCS77Dec 5, 2023

Sifa Leota played LB for North Texas and Louisiana Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sifa Leota recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Louisiana Tech paired 31 primary output with 48.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 48.8 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 North Texas, Louisiana Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Louisiana Tech

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

48.8

Usage

12.9

Consistency

58.9

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 6. SE Louisiana: 4. LSU: 1. New Mexico State: 2.5. Southern Miss: 4.5. UTEP: 1. Kennesaw State: 0. Western Kentucky: 5.5. Delaware: 1.5. Liberty: 2. Missouri State: 3

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. Coastal Carolina: 10 by 91.7. SE Louisiana: 12 by 90. LSU: 4 by 26.7. New Mexico State: 1 by 29.2. Southern Miss: 7 by 74.2. UTEP: 3 by 22.5. Kennesaw State: 5 by 20.8. Western Kentucky: 8 by 83.3. Delaware: 3 by 27.5. Liberty: 2 by 28.3. Missouri State: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.3 · Games = 7 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 4 · -1.3 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

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Tue 12/30vs Coastal Carolina10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 23-14109320
Sat 11/29@ Missouri StateSplash gameW 42-3033111
Sat 11/22vs LibertySplash gameW 34-2820001
Sat 11/8@ DelawareL 24-25310.5000
Tue 10/21vs Western KentuckySplash gameL 27-288130.502
Thu 10/9@ Kennesaw StateL 7-3551000
Sun 9/28@ UTEPW 30-11320010
Sat 9/20vs Southern MissSplash gameW 30-20710.5002
Sat 9/13vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 49-14100.5001
Sat 9/6@ LSUL 7-2341000
Sat 8/30vs SE Louisiana10+ tackles · Splash gameW 24-0125301

Player Story

Sifa Leota story

Sifa Leota built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Euless, TX wearing No. 42, spending time with Louisiana Tech and North Texas. The clearest part of Sifa Leota's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Sifa 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. 1

    North Texas

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1121.56.9
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0-11
2024 PostseasonLouisiana Tech1123.88.111
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech1123.88.10
2025 PostseasonLouisiana Tech3148.812.920
2025 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech3148.812.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 1 · W 23-14 · Postseason

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 9 · L 27-28 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs SE Louisiana

Week 1 · W 24-0

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 4 · W 30-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas Southern

Week 2 · W 59-27

3.5

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Louisiana Tech

31 primary output · 48.8 efficiency · 12.9 usage

76.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

76.9

31 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 12.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · North Texas

42.1

11 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

14

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games