Defensive tackle, Utah, 2016–⁠19

Leki Fotu

Number: No. 99
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 335 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: West Valley City, UT
Born: Aug 23, 1998

Leki Fotu played defensive tackle at Utah (2016–⁠19). The Arizona Cardinals took Fotu in round 4, No. 114 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Best season: 33; Tackles, 2018 (Utah, 9–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 114; Round 4, 2020 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

9–⁠4AP 237–⁠69–⁠511–⁠3AP 16

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2016	Utah	1	1	0	0	0	0
2017	Utah	22	14	3.5	0	1	0
2018	Utah	33	18	5.5	3	0	2
2019	Utah	28	9	8	1.5	2	2
Career		84	42	17	4.5	3	4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Utah	99	DT	Fr.
2017	Utah	99	DT	So.
2018	Utah	99	DT	Jr.
2019	Utah	99	DT	Sr.	6′5″	335

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 Utah 10 games, 28 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 29	atBYU	W 30–⁠12	4	3	2	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Idaho State	W 31–⁠0	3	0	0.5	0	0
Sep 20	atUSC	L 23–⁠30	2	1	1	0	0
Oct 12	atOregon State	W 52–⁠7	2	2	2	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Arizona State	W 21–⁠3	4	0	0	0	1
Oct 26	vs.California	W 35–⁠0	3	1	1.5	1	0
Nov 16	vs.UCLA	W 49–⁠3	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Colorado	W 45–⁠15	3	2	0	0	0
Dec 6	vs.Oregon	L 15–⁠37	3	0	0.5	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Texas	L 10–⁠38	2	0	0.5	0.5	0

2018 Utah 10 games, 33 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 30	vs.Weber State	W 41–⁠10	2	2	0	0
Sep 8	atNorthern Illinois	W 17–⁠6	3	0	0.5	0
Oct 20	vs.USC	W 41–⁠28	4	2	1.5	1
Oct 26	atUCLA	W 41–⁠10	3	2	0	0
Nov 3	atArizona State	L 20–⁠38	5	2	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Oregon	W 32–⁠25	4	2	0.5	0
Nov 17	atColorado	W 30–⁠7	2	2	1	1
Nov 24	vs.BYU	W 35–⁠27	4	2	2	1
Nov 30	vs.Washington	L 3–⁠10	2	1	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Northwestern	L 20–⁠31	4	3	0	0

2017 Utah 10 games, 22 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Aug 31	vs.North Dakota	W 37–⁠16	2	1	1	0
Sep 9	atBYU	W 19–⁠13	3	3	0	0
Sep 16	vs.San José State	W 54–⁠16	1	1	0	1
Sep 22	atArizona	W 30–⁠24	1	1	1	0
Oct 7	vs.Stanford	L 20–⁠23	2	2	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Arizona State	L 10–⁠30	2	1	0	0
Oct 28	atOregon	L 20–⁠41	3	1	0	0
Nov 3	vs.UCLA	W 48–⁠17	1	0	0.5	0
Nov 18	atWashington	L 30–⁠33	4	2	1	0
Dec 26 ✦	vs.West Virginia	W 30–⁠14	3	2	0	0

2016 Utah 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Nov 19	vs.Oregon	L 28–⁠30	1	1	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2020 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠17).

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′5⅜″
Weight	330 lb
Arm length	34¼″
Hand size	10⅝″
Wingspan	78⅞″^W
40-yard dash	5.15 s
10-yard split	1.80 s^W
Bench press	21 reps

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 55 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2020	Arizona Cardinals	8	11	1
2021	Arizona Cardinals	13	17	0
2022	Arizona Cardinals	16	26	0
2023	Arizona Cardinals	11	23	2.5
2024	New York Jets	1	3	0
2025	Houston Texans	6	10	1
NFL career		55	90	4.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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