AJ Tuitele
California Golden Bears
61
Depth

AJ Tuitele

California Golden BearsRebuilding
MLBDefenseDepthTRANSFER · USC
Projected Starter

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AJ Tuitele is the projected starter at MLB for California Golden Bears.

Redshirt freshman · #9 · 6'2", 220 lbs

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Depth at MLB · California Golden Bears

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mojave, ranked #685 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 61 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #685 NatlTeam Share0%
North Las Vegas, NV
Jersey
#9
Class
RS FR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
220 lbs
Transfer
USC

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8789
National Rank
#685
High School
Mojave
Hometown
North Las Vegas, NV

Why this rating?

On a 72-rated defense; 0th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.97 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 61.

Team defense (SP+)
72
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 17% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LNCSUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-10

Oct 24LSMUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 59-20

Oct 18LWAKETKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-7

Oct 10WVTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 25-20

Oct 3LUNLVTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
4
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-31

Sep 26LCLEMTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

Sep 19WWAGTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-7

Sep 12WSYRTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-18

Sep 6LUCLATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-24

AJ Tuitele's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.