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Giants select LB Darius Muasau with 183rd pick in 2024 NFL Draft

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Giants select LB Darius Muasau with 183rd pick in 2024 NFL Draft

2023
Starter in all 13 games … second-team All-Pac-12 selection by the league’s coaches … led the team in tackles with 75, including a season-high of 11 stops in the LA Bowl win over Boise State … named Defensive Most Valuable Player in the LA Bowl … third on the squad with 10.5 tackles for loss …fourth on the team in sacks with 4.0 … tied for the team lead with six pass breakups … totaled at least five tackles in nine games … added 2.5 tackles for loss against Boise State … had nine tackles, with 1.0 tackles for loss against Coastal Carolina … posted 3.0 tackles for loss at San Diego State, including a sack … had six stops with a sack at Utah … produced a sack in the win over Washington State … credited with eight stops at Arizona … recorded a team-high eight tackles, with a tackles for loss, at USC.

2022
Starter in all 13 games at inside linebacker … led the team in tackles (91) and was 10th in the Pac-12 (7.0/g) … credited with at least four stops in 10 games … had season-best 14 tackles against Pittsburgh in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl … credited with 12 tackles at Arizona State, including 2.0 tackles for loss and a quarterback sack … had 10 stops against South Alabama … had 0.5 tackles for loss against Bowling Green … made interceptions against Utah and Stanford … forced a key fourth down fumble in the win over Utah … recovered a fumble against Bowling Green … named second-team All-Pac-12 by the league coaches and third-team all-league by Pro Football Focus … named to the Butkus Award Watch List … earned a spot on the UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022.

Hawai’i
Appeared in 37 games and made 25 career starts for Hawai’i.

2021
Named to the All-Mountain West first team … eclipsed 100 tackles for the second straight year with a team-high 109 (64 solo) … led UH in tackles for loss (14.0) and sacks (7.0) … tied for second nationally with five forced fumbles … had seven games with 10 or more tackles … has made 25 career starts for UH.

2020
Named to the All-Mountain West first team … earned Phil Steele All-America honorable mention … one of five finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year award … led Mountain West and ranked fourth nationally in solo tackles per game (7.6) … finished with 104 overall tackles, while also leading the team in tackles-for-loss (9.5) sacks (4.5), and quarterback hurries (7) … one of just two UH players in the last nine seasons to hit the century mark in season tackles and did so in an abbreviated campaign … tallied 10 or more tackles in seven of nine contests … ranked fifth nationally in tackles per game (11.8) … recorded 14 tackles and a sack to help key UH’s win over previously undefeated Nevada … named Mountain West Player of the Week following a career-high 18-tackle performance in UH’s win over UNLV … named the New Mexico Bowl Most Outstanding Defensive Player after posting nine tackles, a sack, three quarterback hurries and snagging his first career interception … earned academic All-Mountian West honors.

2019
Played in all 15 games with four starts at linebacker … named the team’s Dick Tomey Special Teams MVP … finished third on the team with 61 tackles, including 44 solo … had 3.0 tackles-for-loss and recovered two fumbles … tallied a season-high 11 tackles in a win over Army … also had nine tackles and two fumble recoveries against Fresno State … earned academic All-Mountain West honors … earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award.

High School
Garnered Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ScoringLive all-state first team honors as a senior … finalist for KHON’s Cover2 Defensive Player of the Year award … recorded 38.5 tackles, one sack, and two interceptions in eight games played … team captured the 2016 Division I state title and finished runner-up for the 2018 Open Division state title … also earned all-state mention as a junior … selected to play in the 2019 Polynesian Bowl.

Personal
Son of Matthew and Felisa Muasau … was born in San Diego … has five brothers … sociology major.

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