LB · Los Angeles Chargers · #45
Tuli Tuipulotu
LOLB1- College
- USC
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 266 lb
- Experience
- 4th season
Tackles
25▼ 21 vs '25
72nd of 123 LBs
Stops
20▼ 17 vs '25
45th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
2.4▲ 1.6 vs '25
29th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
7.1%▲ 1.3 vs '25
62nd of 123 LBs
Coverage
4 targets
50.0 cmp% · 10.5 y/tgt · 1 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs ARIL | 54 | 72.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 100.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 2 vs LVL | 46 | 73.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ BUFL | 54 | 81.8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ SEAL | 51 | 85.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wk 5 vs DENL | 59 | 95.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ KCL | 52 | 85.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 316 | 81.7 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 50.0 | 10.5 | 1 | 3 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2023 with Chargers
$6.6Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.6M
- Guaranteed
- $3.6M 54%
- 2026 cap hit
- $6.2M 2.0% of the cap
- Signed
- 2023
- Runs through
- 2026
2023
2024
2025
2026 · now
Year 4 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 316 | 81.7 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 47.9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 733 | 76.4 | 46 | 37 | 20 | 5.9 | 13.0 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 101.6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 732 | 67.0 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 118.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 852 | 74.0 | 44 | 39 | 8 | 13.8 | 4.5 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 115.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 56 | 2,633 | 73.3 | 156 | 125 | 41 | 9.9 | 28.0 | 59 | 81 | 29 | 96.8 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 |