Player Dossier

2017-2020

Utah

Maxs Tupai

DE • 6'1" • 265 lbs • Taylorsville, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Maxs Tupai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Utah
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Maxs Tupai built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Taylorsville, UT wearing No. 92, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Maxs Tupai's career was his defensive production: 59...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9034

Murray · Salt Lake City, UT

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Maxs Tupai, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah. Maxs Tupai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
59
TFL
9.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Maxs Tupai quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah · DE
Career Tackles
59
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Utah
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
4-star · Murray · Utah
High school pipeline
Murray · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
4 tackles · DE 194th (top 74%) · Pac-12 224th (top 55%) · National 3,068th (top 59%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUtah21-0--037.4
2017 Regular SeasonUtah21-0--037.4
2018 PostseasonUtah102-0--051
2018 Regular SeasonUtah10306321051
2019 PostseasonUtah112-0--025.8
2019 Regular SeasonUtah11193.51-1025.8
2020 Regular SeasonUtah14-01-051.1

Related Context

Maxs Tupai played DE for Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Maxs Tupai recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Utah paired 1 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Utah

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

8.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Colorado

Result
Sat 12/12@ ColoradoW 38-2143000

Player Story

Maxs Tupai story

Maxs Tupai built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Taylorsville, UT wearing No. 92, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Maxs Tupai's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Maxs Tupai's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUtah04.21
2017 Regular SeasonUtah04.210
2018 PostseasonUtah1224.85.812
2018 Regular SeasonUtah1224.85.80
2019 PostseasonUtah5.5133.9-6.5
2019 Regular SeasonUtah5.5133.90
2020 Regular SeasonUtah126.78.3-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado

Week 12 · W 30-7 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

vs California

Week 9 · W 35-0 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Colorado

Week 15 · W 38-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

vs UCLA

Week 12 · W 49-3 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 11 · W 32-25 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

56.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Utah

1 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

51.1

#2

2018 Postseason · Utah

51

12 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Utah

51

12 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games