Jay Tufele: DL · USC · #78.
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Jay Tufele
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Second year in the USC defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Stanford — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-23vs Fresno State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-20vs No. 23 Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 27-30@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-23vs No. 10 Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-28@ No. 17 Washington | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-31@ Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-56vs No. 7 Oregon | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-17@ California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-35vs UCLA | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-49vs No. 19 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry41 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Clay Helton — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
57.8%
514 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
553 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
41 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 4 sacks — drafted at #106 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Clay Helton.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
