Player Dossier

2019-2024

UCLA

Drew Tuazama

DL • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Drew Tuazama shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Syracuse • UAB • South Carolina • UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Drew Tuazama built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 15, spending time with South Carolina, Syracuse, UAB, and UCLA. The clearest part of Drew Tuazama's...

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Drew Tuazama, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · UAB. Drew Tuazama shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
40
TFL
8
Sacks
5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Drew Tuazama quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · DL
Career Tackles
40
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · UAB
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DL 953rd (top 93%) · Big Ten 670th (top 82%) · National 5,115th (top 84%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse12-0--040
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse6620-1014.3
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse00-0--0-
2022 PostseasonUAB1310.50.5--060
2022 Regular SeasonUAB13295.54.522060
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina11-0--036.4
2024 Regular SeasonUCLA11-0--037.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025UCLA to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted12.2Jan 16, 2025
2024South Carolina to UCLAP4 to P412.2May 8, 2024

Drew Tuazama played DL for Syracuse, UAB, South Carolina, and UCLA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Drew Tuazama recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UAB.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

UAB paired 15 primary output with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, UAB, South Carolina, UCLA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2022 Postseason · UAB

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

21.1

Usage

7.6

Consistency

55.7

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 1. Alabama A&M: 0. Liberty: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Rice: 2. Middle Tennessee: 1. Charlotte: 3. Western Kentucky: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. UTSA: 2. North Texas: 1. LSU: 1. Louisiana Tech: 3

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. Miami (OH): 1 by 14.2. Alabama A&M: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 5 by 30.8. Rice: 2 by 28.3. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Charlotte: 2 by 38.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 2 by 28.3. North Texas: 2 by 18.3. LSU: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.6 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

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Fri 12/16vs Miami (OH)W 24-20100.500.500
Sat 11/26@ Louisiana TechSplash gameW 37-2732210
Sun 11/20@ LSUL 10-4130001
Sat 11/12vs North TexasW 41-2121000
Sat 11/5vs UTSASplash gameL 38-4421110
Sat 10/29@ Florida AtlanticL 17-2410000
Sat 10/22@ Western KentuckyL 17-2022000
Sat 10/15vs CharlotteSplash gameW 34-2021110
Sat 10/8vs Middle TennesseeW 41-14300.500.500
Sat 10/1@ RiceSplash gameL 24-2821110
Sat 9/17vs Georgia SouthernW 35-2152001
Sat 9/10@ LibertyL 14-2130000
Fri 9/2vs Alabama A&MW 59-010000

Player Story

Drew Tuazama story

Drew Tuazama built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 15, spending time with South Carolina, Syracuse, UAB, and UCLA. The clearest part of Drew Tuazama's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with UAB. 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 Drew Tuazama's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina, Syracuse, UAB, and UCLA.

The arc is straightforward: Drew Tuazama 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UAB

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    South Carolina

    2023

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    UCLA

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse08.31.4
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse39.223
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse0-3
2022 PostseasonUAB1521.17.615
2022 Regular SeasonUAB1521.17.60
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina04.20.6-15
2024 Regular SeasonUCLA04.210

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 13 · W 37-27 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Charlotte

Week 7 · W 34-20 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

@ North Carolina

Week 2 · L 6-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#4

vs UTSA

Week 10 · L 38-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ Rice

Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · UAB

15 primary output · 21.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · UAB

60

15 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Syracuse

40

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games