Player Dossier

2017-2020

USC

Marlon Tuipulotu

DL • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Independence, OR, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marlon Tuipulotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Marlon Tuipulotu built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Independence, OR wearing No. 93, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Marlon Tuipulotu's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.972

Central · Independence, OR

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 189
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Marlon Tuipulotu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC. Marlon Tuipulotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
92
TFL
12
Sacks
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Marlon Tuipulotu quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DL
Career Tackles
92
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · USC
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Central · USC
High school pipeline
Central · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 6 · Pick 5 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 93 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 192nd (top 24%) · Pac-12 85th (top 21%) · National 1,447th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonUSC12-0--039.7
2018 Regular SeasonUSC10253.53--030.3
2019 PostseasonUSC122-0--051.7
2019 Regular SeasonUSC124462-3051.7
2020 Regular SeasonUSC4192.51--038.1

Related Context

Marlon Tuipulotu played DL for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marlon Tuipulotu recorded 92 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

USC paired 11 primary output with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · USC

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

8.9

Consistency

17.9

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 3. Arizona: 0.5. UCLA: 0. Oregon: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 8 by 63.3. Arizona: 8 by 38.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs Arizona State

Result
Sat 12/19vs OregonL 24-3120000
Sun 12/13@ UCLAW 43-3810000
Sat 11/14@ ArizonaW 34-30850.5000
Sat 11/7vs Arizona StateSplash gameW 28-2786210

Player Story

Marlon Tuipulotu story

Marlon Tuipulotu built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Independence, OR wearing No. 93, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Marlon Tuipulotu's career was his defensive production: 92 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Marlon Tuipulotu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonUSC08.31.3
2018 Regular SeasonUSC6.516.94.66.5
2019 PostseasonUSC1125.15.64.5
2019 Regular SeasonUSC1125.15.60
2020 Regular SeasonUSC3.528.58.9-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arizona State

Week 10 · W 28-27 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Notre Dame

Week 13 · L 17-24

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 4 · W 30-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#4

@ BYU

Week 3 · L 27-30

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Arizona

Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · USC

11 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage

51.7

#2

2019 Regular Season · USC

51.7

11 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · USC

39.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games