SEPT 12 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Tuli Tuipulotu, Jr., DL, USC (Hawthorne, Calif.),...Recorded 6 tackles, including 4 for loss for 19 yards (with 1 sack for 11 yards)...At the beginning of the third quarter, Tuipulotu broke up a pass from Sta nford QB Tanner McKee intended for WR Michael Wilson. In the same quarter, he also forced a fumble by Stanford RB E.J. Smith which was recovered by fellow Trojan teammate DB Jacobe Covington for a turnover...First time winning this award and the third di fferent Trojan to earn this since the award was created prior to the 2019 season. Tuli's older brother, Marlon Tuipulotu, took home the award in the first week of the 2020 season while Drake Jackson has won it twice, once in 2020 and again in 2021. Also nominated: Brennan Jackson, EDGE, Washington State; Hunter Echols, DE, Arizona; Bralen Trice, EDGE, Washington; Casey Rogers, DT, Oregon; James Rawls, DL, Oregon State; Connor O'Toole, DE, Utah; Grayson Murphy, DL, UCLA. - Pac-12 Football
Jr/2023  DE *Tuli Tuipulotu, Southern California
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