#99

Leki Fotu

Former defensive tackle at Utah. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DT · Utah · Sr. · #99

6′5″ · 335 lb · West Valley City, UT

Arizona — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 8, #114 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 579 nationally · Signed with Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Utah. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Arizona in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah, 84 tackles — drafted at #114 overall by Arizona.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Utah3-star out of Herriman

2020

Drafted by Arizonaround 4, pick 114

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#579 national

CFB

College

Utah

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #114

Arizona · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 7th NFL season

#114Rd 4 · Pick 8

ArizonaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 36-18 over that span.

2016Utah9-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Utah7-6HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2018Utah9-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (20th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#275 / 2688 · 89th pct

8.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Tackles#1481 / 2688 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#2096 / 2688 · 20th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.6	1.2	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	1.2	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Utah	28	9	8.0	1.5	2	--	--
2018	Utah	33	18	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
2017	Utah	22	14	3.5	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Utah	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		84	42	17.0	4.5	3	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week