Solomon Tuliaupupu
| No. 58 – Montana Grizzlies | |
|---|---|
| Position | Defensive end |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 20, 2000 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) |
| College | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Solomon Nokeakua-Stroud Tuliaupupu (born March 26, 2000) is an American college football defensive end for the Montana Grizzlies. He previously played for the USC Trojans.
Early life
[edit]Tuliaupupu attended Claremont High School in Claremont, California before transferring to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California after his sophomore year. He played his entire high school career as a middle linebacker.[1] Despite suffering a season-ending foot injury in the playoffs of his senior season, Tuliaupupu recorded sixty-three tackles, four sacks, and won the Butkus Award.[2]
College career
[edit]Tuliaupupu was redshirted his freshman season due to a pre-season foot injury.[2] He missed his entire redshirt freshman season due to another pre-season foot injury.[3] He then missed his entire sophomore year due to a year-ending knee surgery.[4] His junior year, he moved from middle linebacker to defensive end and did not see any action.
In 2022, he tallied 10 tackles and 2.5 sacks. After that, he suffered yet another injury in training camp, ending that year for him as well. In 2024, he finally saw the field again, getting 13 tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery. On March 31, 2025, he transferred to Montana.[5] On February 14th 2026, he was granted a ninth year of NCAA eligibility.
Statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | PD | ||
| 2018 | USC | DNP (injury—foot) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | USC | DNP (injury—foot) | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | USC | DNP (injury—knee) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | USC | DNP (injury—knee) | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | USC | 14 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | USC | DNP (injury—knee) | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | USC | 9 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Montana | 14 | 14 | 43 | 17 | 26 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | Montana | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 37 | 14 | 66 | 30 | 36 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Personal life
[edit]His father was an offensive lineman at Southern Utah.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Solomon Tuliapupu".
- 1 2 3 "Solomon Tuliaupupu - Football". USC Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- ↑ "USC Football: LB Tuliaupupu out for the year with foot surgery". USCFootball.com. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ↑ "USC LBs Jordan Iosefa, Solomon Tuliaupupu to miss 2020 season with knee surgeries". Orange County Register. October 9, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Solomon Tuliaupupu". 247 Sports. May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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