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2024 Football Roster

5 Frank Mulipola

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 275
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Pago Pago, American Samoa
  • Highschool Tafuna

Biography

Awards:
  • First-Team All-Lone Star Conference Defense (DE) (2024)
  • Second-Team All-Lone Star Conference Defense (DE) (2023)
2024 (Redshirt Junior):
Named to the D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List... Was named First-Team All-LSC... Played in all 12 games, was third on the team with 51 total tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks... Also led the Falcons with seven quarterback hurries, added two pass breakups, and had one blocked kick... In addition to Mulipola, who ranked fourth in the LSC in sacks, the UTPB defense was first in the conference in sacks (166) this season... Tied his career-high with eight tackles and added a sack during the Falcons' season-opening win over Western New Mexico (Aug. 31)... Made two tackles at CSU-Pueblo (Sept. 7)… Started a string of three straight four-tackle games vs. Adams State (Sept. 14) followed by four tackles and a sack vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 21) and four tackles with a career-best 2.0 sacks at Midwestern State (Sept. 28)… Recorded three tackles and his third straight game with a sack vs. Angelo State (Oct. 5)… In the Falcons' big win at No. 9 nationally-ranked Central Washington (Oct. 12), Mulipola logged five tackles and blocked a 29-yard field goal attempt by the Wildcats with just 17 seconds left in the first half... Posted two tackles for loss as part of six-tackle performance vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 19)… Made five tackles at West Texas A&M (Oct. 26)… Finished the regular season with four tackles at Sul Ross State (Nov. 16)... Recorded six tackles and a sack in a heartbreaking 39-37 double overtime defeat against No. 25 Central Missouri (Dec. 7) in the 2024 Heritage Bowl... Named to the Spring 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in 12 games … Had 15 solo tackles and 15 assisted tackles for 30 total tackles... Added 4.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and five pass breakups... Made one tackle and recovered a fumble at Southwest Baptist (Sept. 16)… Logged six tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Midwestern State (Oct. 7)… Posted four tackles vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 14)… Three tackles at Angelo State (Oct. 21)… Recorded a season-best two tackles for loss with three total tackles and a pair of pass breakups vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 28)… Best game of the season came in the LSC Championship game against Central Washington (Nov. 11) with a career-high eight tackles, including a half sack, and two pass breakups… Logged three stops in season finale vs. Bemidji State (Nov. 18)... Named to the Spring 2024 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... All-LSC second team.

2022 (Sophomore):
Had two solo tackles in the first game of the season vs. Southwest Baptist (Sept. 3) … Missed the rest of the season due to injury.

Independence CC (2021):
Played in nine games …  Had 13 solo tackles and eight assisted tackles for 21 total tackles... Added seven tackles for loss … Helped the Pirates go 8-2.

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 265 lbs
  • 5

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 265 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 275 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 275 lbs
    5