Player Dossier

2018-2023

Washington

Zion Tupuola-Fetui

DE • 6'4" • 254 lbs • Pearl City, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zion Tupuola-Fetui shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

97

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Zion Tupuola-Fetui built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Pearl City, HI wearing No. 4, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Zion Tupuola-Fetui's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8606

Pearl City · Pearl City, HI

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Zion Tupuola-Fetui, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Washington. Zion Tupuola-Fetui shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
87
TFL
18.5
Sacks
16
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Zion Tupuola-Fetui quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · DE
Career Tackles
87
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Washington
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
3-star · Pearl City · Washington
High school pipeline
Pearl City · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DE 69th (top 24%) · Pac-12 133rd (top 25%) · National 1,413th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWashington11-0--037
2019 PostseasonWashington71-0--038.1
2019 Regular SeasonWashington78-0--038.1
2020 Regular SeasonWashington31377-1089.8
2021 Regular SeasonWashington2811--039.7
2022 Regular SeasonWashington11275.54.511049.7
2023 PostseasonWashington121-0--038.7
2023 Regular SeasonWashington122853.52-038.7

Related Context

Zion Tupuola-Fetui played DE for Washington. Across 6 tracked seasons, Zion Tupuola-Fetui recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Washington paired 15 primary output with 64.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 64.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Washington

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

5

Efficiency

64.7

Usage

33.4

Consistency

94.6

Best Game by takeover score

Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 4. Arizona: 5. Utah: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 4 by 56.7. Arizona: 3 by 62.5. Utah: 6 by 75

Split Comparison

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

First Half4.5 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Second Half
Second Half6 · Games = 1 · +1.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

75 vs Utah

Result
Sun 11/29vs Utah2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-2164330
Sun 11/22vs Arizona2+ sacks · Splash gameW 44-2733221
Sun 11/15vs Oregon State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 27-2144220

Player Story

Zion Tupuola-Fetui story

Zion Tupuola-Fetui built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Pearl City, HI wearing No. 4, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Zion Tupuola-Fetui's career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Washington. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Zion Tupuola-Fetui's production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Washington.

The arc is straightforward: Zion Tupuola-Fetui moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Washington

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWashington04.20.8
2019 PostseasonWashington05.41.10
2019 Regular SeasonWashington05.41.10
2020 Regular SeasonWashington1564.733.415
2021 Regular SeasonWashington226.78.3-13
2022 Regular SeasonWashington1221.15.910
2023 PostseasonWashington10.518.86.6-1.5
2023 Regular SeasonWashington10.518.86.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah

Week 13 · W 24-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Michigan State

Week 3 · W 41-7

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Stanford

Week 4 · W 40-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 12 · W 44-27 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona

Week 8 · W 21-16 · 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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Washington

15 primary output · 64.7 efficiency · 33.4 usage

89.8

#2

2022 Regular Season · Washington

49.7

12 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Washington

39.7

2 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games