Player Dossier

2020-2022

USC

Tuli Tuipulotu

DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Hawthorne, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tuli Tuipulotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Player Story

Tuli Tuipulotu built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Hawthorne, CA wearing No. 49, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Tuli Tuipulotu's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8196

North Farmington · Farmington, MI

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 54
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Tuli Tuipulotu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · USC. Tuli Tuipulotu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
108
TFL
30
Sacks
20
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Tuli Tuipulotu quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DL
Career Tackles
108
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · USC
Top game
Washington State
Recruit profile
3-star · North Farmington · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
North Farmington · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 2 · Pick 23 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 49 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
41 tackles · DL 62nd (top 7%) · Pac-12 70th (top 13%) · National 841st (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonUSC4191.51--022.1
2021 Regular SeasonUSC12487.55.5-2146.1
2022 PostseasonUSC13111--071
2022 Regular SeasonUSC13402012.523071

Related Context

Tuli Tuipulotu played DL for USC. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tuli Tuipulotu recorded 108 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

USC paired 39.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

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

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Season Workbench

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2022 Postseason · USC

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

3.0

Efficiency

39.7

Usage

16

Consistency

44.5

Best Game by takeover score

Washington State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 2. Rice: 0. Stanford: 6. Fresno State: 4. Oregon State: 2. Arizona State: 2.5. Washington State: 8. Utah: 0. Arizona: 1. California: 4.5. Colorado: 6. UCLA: 1.5. Notre Dame: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 24.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 6 by 75. Fresno State: 4 by 56.7. Oregon State: 2 by 28.3. Arizona State: 3 by 37.5. Washington State: 5 by 70.8. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 3 by 22.5. California: 4 by 61.7. Colorado: 3 by 62.5. UCLA: 6 by 40. Notre Dame: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.4 · Games = 11 · +2.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -2.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington State

Best efficiency game

75 vs Stanford

Result
Mon 1/2vs TulaneSplash gameL 45-4611110
Sun 11/27vs Notre DameSplash gameW 38-2721110
Sun 11/20@ UCLAW 48-45621.5000
Sat 11/12vs Colorado2+ sacks · Splash gameW 55-17322.502.501
Sun 11/6vs California2+ sacks · Splash gameW 41-35432.5020
Sat 10/29@ ArizonaW 45-3731000
Sun 10/16@ UtahL 42-4310000
Sat 10/8vs Washington State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 30-1454430
Sun 10/2vs Arizona StateSplash gameW 42-25321.5010
Sun 9/25@ Oregon StateSplash gameW 17-1421101
Sun 9/18vs Fresno State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 45-1744220
Sat 9/10@ StanfordSplash gameW 41-2865411
Sat 9/3vs RiceW 66-1411000

Player Story

Tuli Tuipulotu story

Tuli Tuipulotu built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Hawthorne, CA wearing No. 49, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Tuli Tuipulotu's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 20 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Tuli Tuipulotu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonUSC2.5265.7
2021 Regular SeasonUSC1529.29.712.5
2022 PostseasonUSC39.539.71624.5
2022 Regular SeasonUSC39.539.7160

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Washington State

Week 6 · W 30-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

8 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ UCLA

Week 15 · W 43-38 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Stanford

Week 2 · W 41-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 9 · W 41-34 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Colorado

Week 11 · W 55-17 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · USC

39.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 16 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · USC

71

39.5 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 16 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · USC

46.1

15 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

15

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games