Oklahoma State · W 35-32
No tackles.
Fotu has tackles in 7 of Houston’s 8 games: none against Oklahoma State.
Sione Fotu
Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2025: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Utah — Week 8, 2026.
24 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 8): 5 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-20vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 77-6vs Southern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-28@ No. 13 Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-17vs UCF | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-16@ Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-21@ No. 10 Utah | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -5 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups24 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
43.3%
241 pass / 315 run
Plays / game
69.5
8 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
265 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #447 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #56 of 73 Big 12 LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,043 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big 12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 33 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kyle Whittingham and Willie Fritz.
