Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 11 | — |
| Target share | 9.6% | — |
| Catch rate | 72.7% | — |
| Success rate per target | 54.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 6.5 | — |
| Explosive catches | 9.1% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 9.1% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Tupou's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted12 targets charted
2025 charting · USC
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  USC#23 · 7-2 | 4 | 19% | 8 | 71 | 1 | 9.6% |
| 2025 | USC#13 · 9-4 | 1 | 4% | 2 | 26 | 0 | 10.0% |
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
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  San José State | W 42–26 | 6.2 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| 1 |  Fresno State | W 39–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Louisiana | W 49–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | @ Rutgers | W 42–35 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 |  Oregon | L 27–41 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 |  Washington | W 25–21 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | @ Penn State | W 31–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 | @ Wisconsin | L 7–24 | 8.1 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 |  Ohio State | W 30–18 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.5 | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 25 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 841st / 2089 |
| Yards | 71 | 968th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 8.9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 25 | — |
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
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · San José State | 76 | ~22 (10–31) | 1 | 29% |
| Wk 1 · Fresno State | 68 | ~15 (7–21) | 1 | 22% |
| Wk 5 · Washington | 69 | ~22 (10–31) | 2 | 32% |
| Wk 8 · Wisconsin | 75 | ~56 (47–68) | 8 | 75% |
| Season | 611 | 115 (79–155) | 12 | 19% |
Position Room
9 TEs on the USC roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Mark Bowman | TE | FR | 24 | 283 | 2 | 16% | +0.60 |
| Carson Tabaracci | TE | 9 | 73 | 0 | 5% | +0.01 | ||
| Taniela Tupou | TE | 8 | 71 | 1 | 8% | +0.55 | ||
| 84 | Tucker Ashcraft | TE | JR | 4 | 36 | 0 | 4% | +0.77 |
| 23 | Walter Matthews | TE | SO | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +0.45 |
| 38 | Patrick O'Brien | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Manoah Leiato | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Fisher Melton | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Josiah Jefferson | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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 →