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#54 Tavake Tuikolovatu

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  UCLA (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'6" · 315 lbHometown  Wailuku, HI · Summit HS (CA)

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LG2

Placement

Backup

Room

Offensive Line

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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OL room context

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Tavake Tuikolovatu holds the LG · Backup spot in Kansas Jayhawks’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LT · StarterCalvin ClementsStarter

LG · StarterAmir HerringStarter

C · StarterKasen CarpenterStarter

RG · StarterConnor StrohStarter

RT · StarterNick MorrowStarter

LT · BackupJack TannerBackup

LG · BackupTavake TuikolovatuBackup

C · BackupAnderson KoppBackup

RG · BackupJames LivingstonBackup

RT · BackupBrandon SolisBackup

Transfer history

2026UCLA→Kansas Jayhawks

Background & career

Tavake Tuikolovatu is a left guard from Wailuku, Hawaii, who prepped at Summit High School in California as a three-star recruit. He enrolled at UCLA in June 2023 and appeared in one game that fall against North Carolina Central. During the 2024 season, he played in all 12 games for the Bruins, including one start against Minnesota on October 12. Tuikolovatu transferred to Kansas and saw action in 11 games during the 2025 season on special teams and the offensive line.

UCLAthrough 2024

Kansas2025 — present

Previous schoolUCLARecruiting3-star · No. 596 nationalOriginWailuku, HI · Summit HS (CA)