Tuli Tuipulotu: DL · USC · #49.
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Tuli Tuipulotu
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The three seasons at USC span three head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams and Lincoln Riley. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against UCLA — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 21 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
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-28@ Stanford | 6 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-17vs Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-14vs Washington State | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 42-43@ No. 20 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-37@ Arizona | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-35vs California | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs Colorado | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 48-45@ No. 16 UCLA | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-27vs No. 13 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 45-46vs No. 14 Tulane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 27 | 21.0 | 13.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
51%21 TFLSack rate
33%14 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries41 tackles · 21 for loss · 13.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
52.6%
513 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
69.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
559 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #1 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2022
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 20 sacks, a Unanimous All-American season (2022) — drafted at #54 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2022)
Named to 9 first-team selectors
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 4th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 4th NFL season
