University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2023:

• Played in all 13 games with 12 starts.
• Registered 15 total tackles, including six solo.
• Also recorded two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups.
• Tied his career high with four tackles at UNLV.
• Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2022:

• All-Mountain West honorable mention
• Started all 13 games at defensive tackle.
• One of just three defensive players to start every game.
• Had 30 total tackles with 16 solo.
• Had at least one tackle in 12 of 13 games.
• Led the team with 3.5 sacks.
• Also had a forced fumble against Nevada and a  blocked field goal at Utah State.
• Graded No. 9 overall by Pro Football Focus among Mountain West interior defensive linemen. 
• The team’s top scholar.
• A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

2021:

• Played in 10 games as a reserve defensive lineman.
• Recorded four tackles including two solo.
• Two of the tackles were against UNLV. 
• Also blocked a field-goal attempt against the Rebels.

2020:

• Played in all nine games on the defensive line.
• Had 11 tackles on the year, including four solo.
• Posted a season-high four tackles in UH’s New Mexico Bowl win over Houston.

• Played one season for East Los Angeles College in California.
• Named second-team all-conference at defensive tackle.
• Rated the No. 22 defensive tackle in the nation.
• Prior to East LA College, attended Garden City College in Kansas where he redshirted.

• A 2016 graduate of Kalaheo High School in Kailua, O‘ahu.
• Played defensive end, defensive tackle and offensive tackle for the Mustangs.
• Tallied 27 tackles-for-loss and 14 sacks in two seasons.
• Named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year twice.
• Selected to play in the JPS Senior Bowl Classic.

• Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu.
• Nickname is “JT.”
• Major is sociology.
• Has two brothers and two sisters.
• Has a daughter, Tifa, and two sons, Tevita and Takele.
• Parents are Alani and Eletise Tuitupou of Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu.