Marlon Tuipulotu
DT
#95
Experience: 5 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 27
Weight: 307 lbs
College: USC
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @Chargers | L 21 - 27 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | @Jaguars | L 28 - 31 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Commanders | W 28 - 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 33 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Biography
CAREER
- Over five seasons and 33 game appearances with two starts, he has recorded 43 total tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 fumble recovery.
- Entered his second season with Kansas City in 2025 after joining the Chiefs' active roster in 2024. Originally signed to the practice squad on Sept. 1, 2024, he was elevated to the active roster on Sept. 3, 2024.
- Spent the 2021-24 seasons with Philadelphia after being selected by the Eagles in the sixth round (189th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.
COLLEGE
- Played four seasons (2017-20) at the University of Southern California.
- Played in 33 games (29 starts), recording 104 tackles (49 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, three passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
- Started all six games at nose tackle in his third season for the Trojans in 2020, recording 23 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and 1 forced fumble.
- Named to first team All-Pac-12 in 2020.
- Earned Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.
- Started 12 games at defensive tackle as a sophomore in 2019, recording 46 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 passes defensed and 1 forced fumble.
- Played in three games before earning a medical redshirt in 2017, then started 10 of 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2018, recording 33 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss.
PERSONAL
- Attended Central High School in Independence, Ore.
- As a senior, recorded 62 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, 4 fumble recoveries, 2 passes defensed, and 1 blocked field goal.
- Earned USA Today All-Oregon Defensive Player of the Year, Class 5A All-State Defensive Player of the Year and All-Mid-Willamette Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors while also being named a PrepStar All-American and to the Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 and Northwest Nuggets teams.
- Majored in political science at USC.