Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022UTEP
James Tupou
FB • 5'10" • 230 lbs • Allen, TX, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
James Tupou leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 84.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
James Tupou built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a FB from Allen, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of James Tupou's career was his receiving role: 17 catches, 223 receiving...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
James Tupou, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP. James Tupou leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 84.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 249
- Rushing yards
- 26
- Receiving yards
- 223
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
James Tupou quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 249
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Allen · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Allen · 76 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 164 scrimmage yards · FB 3rd (top 22%) · Conference USA 95th (top 43%) · National 1,146th (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | UTEP | 8 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 31 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTEP | 8 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 31 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTEP | 9 | 164 | 12 | 152 | 2 | 64.5 |
Related Context
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James Tupou played FB for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Tupou recorded 26 rushing yards, 223 receiving yards, and 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UTEP paired 164 primary output with 84.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 84.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
18.2
Efficiency
84.5
Usage
2.7
Consistency
65.7
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 24. North Texas: 8. New Mexico State: 24. New Mexico: 8. Florida Atlantic: 20. Middle Tennessee: 14. Rice: 10. Florida International: 17. UTSA: 39
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 1 by 100. North Texas: 1 by 66.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 100. New Mexico: 1 by 66.7. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 100. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 100. Rice: 2 by 41.7. Florida International: 2 by 85.4. UTSA: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20.3 · Games = 3 · +3.2 vs Losses
Losses17.2 · Games = 6 · -3.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
100 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UTSA | L 31-34 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Florida International | W 40-6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8.5 |
| Thu 11/3 | @ Rice | L 30-37 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 13-24 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Sun 9/18 | @ New Mexico | L 10-27 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs New Mexico State | W 20-13 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Oklahoma | L 13-45 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Sun 8/28 | vs North Texas | L 13-31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Player Story
James Tupou story
James Tupou built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a FB from Allen, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of James Tupou's career was his receiving role: 17 catches, 223 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 26 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 26 rushing yards, 13 tackles, and 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives James Tupou's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 5 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 5 |
| 2021 Postseason | UTEP | 80 | 49.5 | 1.9 | 75 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTEP | 80 | 49.5 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTEP | 164 | 84.5 | 2.7 | 84 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
70.2 takeover
39 scrimmage yards and 3.7 usage.
#2
@ Fresno State
Week 1 · L 24-31 · Postseason
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Scrimmage Yards
69 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 2.4 usage.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 2 · W 20-13
24
Scrimmage Yards
58.3 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.
#4
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 9 · L 25-28 · Conference game
25
Scrimmage Yards
55.5 takeover
Loss with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
25 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#5
@ Oklahoma
Week 1 · L 13-45
24
Scrimmage Yards
55.4 takeover
Loss with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UTEP
164 primary output · 84.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage
64.5
#2
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · UTEP
33.8
0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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