Taniela Tupou
Taniela Tupou
The receipt on tape: 26 rec yds, 2 receptions against TCU, Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
How he plays
2026 Outlook
USC
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · USC
Returning around him
- 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 3 USC players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #17 · 2026 recruiting class #1
Background
2026: Tupou will compete for playing time at tight end as a redshirt freshman in 2026. 2025: Tupou, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2025 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw action in 5 games (Missouri State, Georgia Southern, Oregon, UCLA and the Alamo Bowl versus TCU) as...