Solomon Tuliaupupu

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Solomon Tuliaupupu
Montana GrizzliesNo. 58
Position Defensive end
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Senior
Major Business Administration
Personal information
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career history
College
High school Mater Dei
(Santa Ana, California)
Career highlights and awards

Solomon Nokeakua-Stroud Tuliaupupu is an American football defensive end for the Montana Grizzlies. He previously played for the USC Trojans.

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High school career

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

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]

Statistics

YearTeamGamesTacklesFumblesInterceptions
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckFFFRYdsTDIntYdsTDPD
2018 USC DNP (injury—foot)
2019 USC DNP (injury—foot)
2020 USC DNP (injury—knee)
2021 USC DNP (injury—knee)
2022 USC 14010552.500000000
2023 USC DNP (injury—knee)
2024 USC 9013851.001000000
Career 2302413103.501000000

Personal life

His father was an offensive lineman at Southern Utah. [2]

References

  1. "Solomon Tuliapupu".
  2. 1 2 3 "Solomon Tuliaupupu - Football". USC Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  3. "USC Football: LB Tuliaupupu out for the year with foot surgery". USCFootball.com. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  4. "USC LBs Jordan Iosefa, Solomon Tuliaupupu to miss 2020 season with knee surgeries". Orange County Register. October 9, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. "Solomon Tuliaupupu". 247 Sports. May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.