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Sione Fotu
LB · Senior · #12 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs
From Salt Lake City, UT
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Sideline market estimate
$103K
Houston sideline stock
Sione Fotu
LB · Senior · #12 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs
From Salt Lake City, UT
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Sideline market estimate
$103K
Houston sideline stock
LB · Senior · #12 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs
From Salt Lake City, UT
Sideline market estimate
$103K
Best current Sideline estimate based on role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $78K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Sione Fotu is a 6' 0" 230 lbs Senior Linebacker for Houston and is listed by ESPN from Salt Lake City, UT. The Sideline places the player 61st within the current Houston football roster. The $103K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $78K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
0.3%
Football pool: $26M
Pool share of school
0.2%
Houston roster market: $35.35M
Roster dollars tracked
$26M
Houston Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
No fresh NIL chatter found
Live player file
Latest source check Aug 15, 2026
Position
Linebacker
Class
Senior
Jersey
#12
Height
6' 0"
Weight
230 lbs
Hometown
Salt Lake City, UT
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Houston Cougars
Transfer history
Utah to Houston
2025 portal cycle / Dec 20, 2024 / Immediate
Sideline Data Desk
Front-seven value reflects snap importance, pass-rush or run-fit scarcity, recruiting demand, and transfer-market leverage. For Sione Fotu, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $103K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $103K. The pool-accounting allocation is $78K, equal to about 0.3% of the Houston football market. The player ranks 61st on that roster.
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