Tupu Alualu brings proven interior disruption and steady snap-eating toughness to SDSU
In the 2024 season, Tupu Alualu was a durable, productive defensive-line anchor for San Diego State, starting all 12 games and posting 23 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, and 4.0 sacks while earning preseason Polynesian watch-list attention and fourth-team All-Mountain West recognition[2][3][6][11]. The big selling point is his combo of size, physicality, and role stability: he projects as a tone-setting nose/inside presence who can hold up against the run and still get into the backfield, making him a strong fit for a defense that values blue-collar, high-effort interior play[3][7][14].
