Zion Tupuola-Fetui: DE · Washington · #4.
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Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for three head coaches at Washington: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake and Kalen DeBoer. The first one came in 2020: All-Pac-12. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Arizona State — Week 8, 2023.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Washington | 29 | 15 | 5.0 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | 27 | 20 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Washington | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 13 | 11 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Washington | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 58 | 18.5 | 16.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-19vs Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-7@ Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 59-32vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 36-33vs No. 8 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-7vs Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 52-42@ No. 24 USC | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-28vs No. 13 Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 22-20@ No. 10 Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-31vs No. 5 Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 37-31vs No. 3 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 5.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 52-42
at USC
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out USC on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%4 sacksTFL rate
17%5 TFLHurry rate
7%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
64%4 of 6 pressures29 tackles · 5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Pass share
59.5%
575 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
64.4
15 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
597 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #153 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Washington, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, Bob Gregory, and Kalen DeBoer. Multi-era developmental context.
