Last confirmed: USC, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 305 lb · Salt Lake City, UT
Jay Tufele: DL · USC · #78.
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Jay Tufele
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Second year in the USC defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Stanford — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 him by name this season.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-23vs Fresno State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-20vs No. 23 Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 27-30@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-23vs No. 10 Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-28@ No. 17 Washington | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-31@ Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-56vs No. 7 Oregon | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-17@ California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-35vs UCLA | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-49@ No. 19 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry41 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Clay Helton — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
57.8%
514 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
553 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
41 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 4 sacks — drafted at #106 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
Where he ended up · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
