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Jersey Number 44
Christian Tupou
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento
- High School:
- Grant
Bio
CAREER: He has 37 career tackles, including 7 for losses (with 1.5 sacks). He has 21 career starts.
2011: Tupou, who missed the 2010 season with an injury after starting the 2 previous years, will look to resume his starting defensive tackle role as a senior in 2011. He likely will miss 2011 spring practice while recuperating from a 2010 knee injury.
2010: Tupou was set to anchor the line in 2010 as a senior tackle starting for his third year. But he tore ligaments in his left knee in USC[apos]s spring game that concluded 2010 spring drills, so he redshirted while sidelined in 2010. He won USC[apos]s Courage Award and USC[apos]s Co-Lifter of the Year Award.
2009: Tupou started at nose tackle for his second season as a junior in 2009. Overall in 2009 while appearing in all 13 games (and starting all but Notre Dame and Oregon State), he had 25 tackles, including 4 for losses (with 1.5 sacks), and 2 forced fumbles. He made 2009 All-Pac-10 honorable mention and won USC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year Award and Bob Chandler Award.
He had 1 tackle each against San Jose State and Ohio State, then 3 tackles (including 2 for losses, with a sack) and a forced fumble at Washington. He added 2 stops (0.5 sack) against Washington State, 2 tackles at California, 4 tackles at Oregon and 3 tackles and forced a fumble that USC recovered at Arizona State. He had 1 tackle each against UCLA and Arizona. He had a team-best 7 tackles (including 1.5 for losses) against Boston College.
2008: Tupou more than held his own in his 2008 sophomore season as he started USC[apos]s last 10 games at nose tackle after serving as an often-used backup there in the first 3 contests. Overall in 13 games in 2008, he had 12 tackles, including 3 for losses of 7 yards, and a deflection. He had 3 tackles versus California and 2 each against Arizona State, Notre Dame, UCLA (with a deflection) and Penn State.
2007: Tupou saw brief action in 4 games (Washington State, Notre Dame, Arizona State and Illinois) as a reserve defensive tackle as a first-year freshman in 2007. He did not make a tackle. He won USC[apos]s John McKay Award and Service Team Defensive Player of the Year Award.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2006 honors included Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team and Sacramento Bee Defensive MVP as a senior defensive end and fullback at Grant High in Sacramento (Calif.). He had 82 tackles and 5 sacks in 2006 as Grant went 13-0.
As a junior in 2005, he was All-Area, All-City and All-League as he had 85 tackles, 16 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries.
He had 26 tackles and 9 sacks as a 2004 sophomore.
He also played basketball at Grant.
PERSONAL: He is a political science major at USC with a B- average (2.79 GPA). He made 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. His brother, Fenuki, was an offensive tackle at Oregon (2007-08) who now plays with the Philadelphia Eagles.
GAME-BY-GAME WITH CHRISTIAN TUPOU
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| 2008 (So.)... | 12 | 3/7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 (Jr.)... | 25 | 4/15 | 0 | 0 |
| CAREER....... | 37 | 7/22 | 1 | 0 |
2009
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| San Jose St.* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio State* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington* | 3 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wash. St.* | 2 | 0.5/0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon * | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bost. Col. (EB)* | 7 | 1.5/12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 (Jr.)... | 25 | 4/15 | 0 | 0 |
2008
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| Oregon St. | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 3 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame* | 2 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 |
| Penn St. (RB)* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 (So.)... | 12 | 3/7 | 1 | 0 |
| *Starter | ||||
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