| Montana Grizzlies–No. 58 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class |  |
| Major | Business Administration |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Solomon Nokeakua-Stroud Tuliaupupu is an American college football defensive end for the Montana Grizzlies. He previously played for the USC Trojans.
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]
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. The next year, 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 31st, 2025, he transferred to Montana [5]
| 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 |
| Career | 23 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
His father was an offensive lineman at Southern Utah. [2]
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