USC · 2026

Taniela Tupou

TE
USC Trojans6-1 · TDC #24
Snap share
12%
likely 7–16%
Receptions
2
1396th of 1994 in FBS
Rec. yards
25
1349th of 1980 in FBS
Yards / catch
12.5
Rec. TD
0
EPA / play
-0.47
4 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

4 plays · -1.9 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-0.47
Passing-0.47
1st down-0.24
2nd down-1.15
Standard downs-0.47
TupouWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays2%
Pass plays4%
Run plays0%
1st down3%
2nd down2%
3rd down0%
Standard downs2%
Passing downs0%
TupouWR/TE average
2025 charting · USC

Career

2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnaps
2026 so farUSC#24 · 6-1312%
2025USC#13 · 9-414%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Taniela Tupou's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Taniela Tupou's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

4.3 avg. game scoreBest: 6.2 vs San José State (Week 1)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1San José StateW 42–266.212525.0025
1Fresno StateW 39–0—no stats recorded
2LouisianaW 49–30—no stats recorded
3@RutgersW 42–35—no stats recorded
4OregonL 27–41—no stats recorded
5WashingtonW 25–212.3100.000
6@Penn StateW 31–23—no stats recorded
2026 · 2 games4.322512.5025

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions21396th / 1994
Yards251349th / 1980
Yards / catch12.5—
Touchdowns0—
Long25—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · San José State76~22 (10–31)129%
Wk 1 · Fresno State68~15 (7–21)122%
Wk 5 · Washington69~22 (10–31)232%
Season48659 (32–79)412%

Position Room

9 TEs on the USC roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
19Mark BowmanTEFR21204216%+0.48
Carson TabaracciTE76405%+0.17
84Tucker AshcraftTEJR33304%+1.04
Taniela TupouTE22504%-0.47
23Walter MatthewsTESO11203%+0.45
38Patrick O'BrienTESO—————
44Manoah LeiatoTEFR—————
83Fisher MeltonTEFR—————
87Josiah JeffersonTEJR—————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. USC depth chart →