#91

Moso'oipala Tuitele

Junior defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Colorado State · Jr. · #91

6′4″ · 260 lb · Aurora, CO

CFB Index 15 · #308 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Colorado State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETvs BYUCanvas StadiumBYU by 17.5

The numbers

0.5

sacks · 2025

0.5 TFL · 24 tackles

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Fresno State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to California in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 51st percentile.

The full scouting read

Moso'oipala Tuitele

DL · Colorado State · Jr · #91

Wins his gap play after play. Moso'oipala Tuitele has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Air Force — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2025Colorado State2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

15Below cohort / limited sample #308 of 330?

Low confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2803 / 2975 · 4th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road2g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

15 · #308 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #34 of 35 Mountain West DLs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Colorado State	24	4	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
2024	New Mexico	35	12	5.5	4.0	--	--	--
Career		59	16	6.0	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 21–17

vs Northern Colorado

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 132 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.1 · 22 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · B. Hansen — 57 AVG · 58 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 21-17vs Northern Colorado	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 16-17vs UTSA	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 3-20vs Washington State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 24-45@ San Diego State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 49-21vs Fresno State	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 8	L 19-31vs Hawai'i	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 10-42vs UNLV	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 21-49@ Boise State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 21-42vs Air Force	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Total		24	4	0.5	0.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games

24Tackles

4Solo

0.5TFL

0.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.

Week 70.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Colorado State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Colorado State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -6 net (32 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Colorado State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #75 · 2026 recruiting class #73

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zach Morton’s 2021 season.

Zach Morton

89%match

Akron · 2021

Viczaril Alobwede

Massachusetts · 2022

87%

Jahzon Jacks

Fresno State · 2024

86%

Chris Frey

Army · 2023

84%

Nathaniel Smith

Army · 2022

84%

Matches Zach on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Balansama Kamara's sophomore season at Temple (2022).

Balansama Kamara

88%match

Temple · 2022

Jaylon White-McClain

Old Dominion · 2023

83%

Zach Morton

Akron · 2021

83%

Kayode Oladele

UConn · 2022

82%

Ryan Jenkins

South Florida · 2025

80%

Matches Balansama on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Moso'oipala Tuitele

Joshua Pierce

North Texas · 2025

85%

Joseph Mutombo

Rice · 2025

83%

Ryan Jenkins

South Florida · 2025

82%

Brenton Williams

Liberty · 2025

82%

Ugonna Nwoha

Kennesaw State · 2024

82%

The defensive line · Colorado State

#9Stephon WrightDL · Gr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#93Robby HarrisonDL · R-Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#39DeAndre Gill Jr.DL · Jr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#10Brandon KellyDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#91Moso'oipala TuiteleDL · Jr.0.5 tackles for loss · 2025

18 more on the roster · Colorado State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2022

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

Players who play like Moso'oipala Tuitele

The defensive line · Colorado State