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Sacramento State

2024 Football Roster

21 Will Leota

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 223
  • Year Senior
  • Position LB
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah
  • High School Salem Hills HS
  • Previous School Utah Tech
  • Experience TR

Biography

Second Team All-WAC (2021)
First Team All-WAC (2022)
Second Team All-UAC (2023)
Preseason All-Big Sky (2024)
First Team All-Big Sky

2024 Season
  • Named first team all-Big Sky as a linebacker.
  • Led the team with 94 total tackles, including 41 solos.
  • Averaged 7.8 tackles per game which ranked ninth in the Big Sky.
  • Played in all 12 games, starting 11.
  • Had a team-high 9.5 tackles-for-loss, including a pair of sacks.
  • Credited with double-digit tackles against Nicholls (10), Eastern Washington (13), Weber State (10) and Portland State (11).
  • Had seven or more tackles in eight games.
  • Named the FCS National and Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week after having three TFLs and two sacks against Nicholls.
  • Intercepted passes at Fresno State and Idaho State.
  • Forced a fumble at Montana State and recovered a fumble at Northern Arizona.
  • One of two players on the team to have an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery during the year.
Prior to Sacramento State
  • Played three seasons at Utah Tech where he earned all-WAC/UAC honors each season.
  • Was named second team all-WAC in 2021, first team all-WAC in 2022 and second team all-UAC in 2023.
  • Recorded 213 tackles during his three seasons which places him sixth in school history.
  • Finished the 2023 season with 75 total tackles, including four for loss.
  • Set his season high with 12 tackles at Austin Peay and also cracked double digits with 11 at North Alabama and 10 at Northern Arizona.
  • Intercepted a pass at NAU and finished the year with two pass breakups and quarterback hurries.
  • Shared the conference lead with 84 total tackles in 2022.
  • Set his career high with 16 total tackles at Stephen F. Austin, had 14 tackles at UNI and 12 against Tarleton State.
  • Picked off a pass and had a PBU against Sam Houston.
  • As a freshman in 2021, he had 54 total tackles, including 4.5 for loss and a sack.
  • Set his season high with 11 at Montana and had eight tackles against Sacramento State and Stephen F. Austin.
  • Added an interception and a TFL at Montana.
High School
  • A 2021 graduate of Salem Hills HS in Salem, Utah.
  • Named first team all-state and was a two-time all-region selection.
  • Recorded 75 total tackles as a senior with seven TFLs and seven interceptions.
  • Helped lead the team to the Utah 5A state semifinals.
  • Also played on offense where he had over 1,200 all-purpose yards.
Personal
  • Majoring in kinesiology.
  • Parents are Sione Leota and Wendy Gibson.

Statistics

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