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Jersey Number 12
Sione Fotu
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 226
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- High School:
- Bingham HS
- Prev School:
- Utah
Bio
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Spent 2020-24 at Utah
- Missed two seasons (2021-22) serving a church mission
- Competed during 2020, ’23 and ’24 seasons with Utes
- Career: 25 games played including six starts
- Career: 50 tackles and four passes defended
- 415 career defensive snaps across three seasons
- In 2024: eight games played including three starts at linebacker
- 19 tackles on season, two PBUs and one QB hurry
- 197 snaps played including 176 defensively
- Matched career-high with 7.0 tackles vs. Baylor (Sept. 7)
- 5.0 tackles against Arizona (Sept. 28)
- One special teams snap on kick coverage at Houston (Oct. 26)
- In 2023: 12 games played off bench
- 210 snaps played – 110 defensively; 100 on special teams
- 18.0 tackles and one pass breakup
- 74.3 PFF run-defense grade was eighth among Pac-12 linebackers (min. 100 snaps)
- Career-high 7.0 stops in season-opening win vs. Florida (Aug. 31)
- 3.0 tackles against Cal (Oct. 14) and No. 8 Oregon (Oct. 28)
- First PBU of the season at No. 17 Arizona (Nov. 18)
- Did not play during 2021-22 seasons (church mission)
- Played all five games during 2020 including three starts
- All three starts at linebacker
- 162 snaps including 129 defensively
- 13.0 tackles and one pass breakup.
- 4.0 tackles and one pass breakup against No. 20 USC (Nov. 21)
High School
- Prepped at Bingham
- Three-star prospect by 247Sports, rivals and ESPN
- No. 7 ranked recruit in Utah (247Sports)
- No. 36 rated inside linebacker nationally (247Sports)
- First-team all-state as a senior
- Invited to the 2020 Polynesian Bowl
- 90 tackles and two interceptions as a senior
- 40 tackles (2.0 sacks) his junior year
- 21 tackles as a sophomore
- Offers from Utah, Tennessee and UCLA, among others
Personal
- Dream job outside of football: chiropractor
- Something people don’t know about him: born with two different ears
- Hidden talent: cutting hair
- Chose UH because Coach Fritz and Coach Armstrong have backgrounds of getting player better and winning
- One word to describe him on the field: hustle
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: steak
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his parents
- Favorite childhood memory: riding bikes with his brothers
- Sports hero: Haloti Ngata because he grew up watching him and he is one of Polynesian players who paved the way for younger generations
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: winning state championship sophomore year of high school
- Interesting fact: has nine siblings
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04
