Eku Leota

Linebacker, Arizona Cardinals · #54.

Player facts

Team: Arizona Cardinals
Position: Linebacker
Number: 54
Born: May 11, 1999 (age 27)
Birthplace: Asheville, NC, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 257 lbs
College: Auburn
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	6	1	5	0	0.5	1
Last 5 Games	6	1	5	0	0.5	0
Career	16	8	8	1	2	5

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs DET	L 45-21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ NYG	L 36-24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ SF	L 36-30	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs SEA	L 31-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ LAC	W 26-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Eku Leota (born May 11, 1999) is a Samoan-American professional football outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played for the Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New Orleans Saints. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats before transferring to Auburn Tigers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Eku Leota, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Leota was born in Falefā, Samoa and moved to Asheville, North Carolina at age 7. He attended Asheville High School.

College career

Leota began his college football career at Northwestern and redshirted his true freshman season. He had 2.5 sacks as a redshirt freshman. Leota was named third-team All-Big Ten Conference during his redshirt sophomore season. He entered the NCAA transfer portal at the end of the regular season.

Leota ultimately transferred to Auburn. He made 23 tackles with ten tackles for loss and seven sacks in his first season with the team. Leota suffered a season-ending pectoral injury in the fifth game of the Tigers' 2022 season.

From Wikipedia’s article on Eku Leota, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹