2020 Football Roster
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Roster
Tuputala, Alphonzo

Jersey Number 40
Alphonzo Tuputala
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Federal Way, Wash.
- High School:
- Federal Way
Bio
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ย AT WASHINGTON |
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team (Phil Steele)
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Pac-12)
2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2022 All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2024:ย Voted aย team captain for the seasonโฆ named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten team ... started all 13 games ... second on the team with 81 tackles, and led the team with three and a half sacksย ... led the Huskies with six tackles, including half a sack, vs. Weber State ... shared the team lead with six stops vs. Eastern Michigan ... six tackles, including one sack,ย vs. Washington State ... had a tackle and a pass break-upย in the win over Northwestern ... six tackles, one and a half TFLs, and a sack at Rutgers ... five tacklesย in the win over No. 10 Michigan ... one tackleย at Iowa ... led the UW with 14 tacklesย at Indiana ... five tacklesย in the win over USC ... nine tacklesย at Penn State ... 10 tackles, including one sack,ย in the win over UCLA ... made seven tackles at Oregon ... made five stops vs. Louisville in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl ... won the 117th annual Guy Flaherty Award, as the UW football team's most inspirational player as voted by this teammates, at the postseason awards banquet ... also won the "Be a P.R.O." Award, as voted by the coaches.
2023: Played in and started 14 of 15 games in 2023, all other than at Oregon State ... recorded three tackles in the UW's season-opening win over Boise State ... five tackles in the win over Tulsa ... four tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the UW win at Michigan State ... two tacklesย in the win over California ... credited with four tackles in the win at Arizona ... nine tackles in the UW's win over No. 8 Oregon ... four tacklesย in the win over Arizona State ... made eight stops, including half of a tackle for loss, in the win at Stanford ... made four tackles and had an interceptionย in the win over No. 13 Utah ... missed the Oregon State game due to injury ... six tackles and a sackย in the win over Washington State ... team-high seven tackles in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over No. 5 Oregon ... five tackles and a break-up in the win over No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl ... also had five stops vs. No. 1 Michigan in the CFP Championship Game.won the Iron Husky Starving Champion Award at the team's postseason banquet.
2022: Started all 13 games ... second on the team with 71 tackles ... made his first career start in the season opener vs. Kent State, leading both teams with eight total tackles ... four tackles, including a sack, in a start vs. Portland State ... five tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the win over No. 11 Michigan State ... six tackles, including two sacks, in the victory over Stanford ... made nine tackles at UCLA ... three stops at Arizona State ... notched two tackles in the win over Arizona ... three stops in the win at Cal ... made four tacklesย in the win over Oregon State ... eight tackles and a fumble recoveryย in the win at Oregon .. five tacklesย in the win over Colorado ... game-high nine tackles, including two for loss,ย in the win at Washington State ... five tacklesย in the Alamo Bowl win over Texas ... named a defensive player of the week by the UW coaches three times during the 2022 season.
2021:ย Played in five games ... after missing the first six games of the season while recovering from an off-season injury, returned to action at Arizona, where he made one tackle ... made one tackle vs. Oregon ... one tackleย vs. Arizona State ... also made one stopย at Colorado ... two tackles, one for a loss, in the Washington State game ... won the team's Don James Perseverance Award at the postseason banquet.
2020: Played in all four games during the 2020 season ... named to the 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ...ย two tackles in the season-opener vs. Oregon State ... had one stopย in the win over Arizona ... two tacklesย in the victory over Utah.
2019: Played in four games as a true freshman, preserving a redshirt season ... saw action in the Huskies' win over Eastern Washington ... made two tackles in the UW win over Hawai'i ... also played vs. WSU in the Apple Cup and in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Boise State.
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ย HIGH SCHOOL |
Lettered three years for the Eagles, playing middle linebacker and fullback ... Associated Press 4A all-state first-team linebacker following senior season ... also All-North Puget Sound League Valley Division first team at linebacker and also USA Today All-Washington second team ... second-team all-area selection by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... MVP of Huskies Rising Stars camp in June 2018 โฆ named to the NPSL Olympic Division first team as a junior ย ... selected to play in the Polynesian Bowl following his senior year ... listed by 247Sports as the No. 41 inside linebacker in the nation and the No. 9 recruit in Washington ... ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 8 prospect in Washington ... the No. 28 ILB in the country and No. 9 prospect in the state, according to ESPN ... played for John Meagher.
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