Siale Taupaki
Penn State Nittany Lions
85
Great

Siale Taupaki

Penn State Nittany LionsSolid
LDTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · UCLA
Projected Starter

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Siale Taupaki is the projected starter at LDT for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt senior · #92 · 6'2", 326 lbs

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Depth at LDT · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 19285Siale TaupakiStarter
  2. 25674Alijah Carnell
  3. 39868Dallas Vakalahi
  4. 49461De'Andre Cook

Penn State Starting Lineup

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Jersey
#92
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
326 lbs
Transfer
UCLA

At 6'2", 326 lbs, Siale Taupaki plays for a Penn State team rated 78 overall in the Big Ten.

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 81th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 85 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 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 10LUSCTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 26LWISTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Sep 5WMRSHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-0

Siale Taupaki's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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