Linebacker, UCLA (from Hawai’i), 2019–⁠23

Darius Muasau

Lettered 2019–⁠21 at Hawai’i (school media guide)

Number: No. 53
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Ewa Beach, HI
Born: Feb 10, 2001, in San Diego, California

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Darius Muasau played linebacker at Hawai’i (2019–⁠21) and UCLA (2022–⁠23). The New York Giants took Muasau in round 6, No. 183 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Best season: 108; Tackles, 2021 (Hawai’i, 6–⁠7)
Best game: 18 tackles; Vs. UNLV, week 15, 2020: No. 3 defensive game in FBS that week
National rank: No. 7; In FBS in tackles, 2020
Drafted: No. 183; Round 6, 2024 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

18tackles, career highvs. UNLV, 2020 2sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Colorado State, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

102

108

10–⁠55–⁠46–⁠79–⁠4AP 218–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	Hawai’i	60	44	3	0	0	0	0
2020	Hawai’i	102	66	9.5	4.5	1	1	7
2021	Hawai’i	108	65	14	7	1	4	3
2022	UCLA	77	37	2.5	1	2	2	5
2023	UCLA	75	43	10.5	3	1	5	1
Career		422	255	39.5	15.5	5	12	16

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Hawai’i	53	LB	Yr 1
2020	Hawai’i	53	LB	Yr 2
2021	Hawai’i	53	LB	Yr 3
2022	UCLA	53	LB	Yr 4
2023	UCLA	53	LB	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′1″	230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2023 UCLA 13 games, 75 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Coastal Carolina	W 27–⁠13	9	7	1	0	0	0
Sep 9	atSan Diego State	W 35–⁠10	6	4	3	1	1	0
Sep 16	vs.North Carolina Central	W 59–⁠7	3	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 23	atUtah	L 7–⁠14	6	3	1	1	0	0
Oct 7	vs.Washington State	W 25–⁠17	2	1	1	1	0	1
Oct 14	atOregon State	L 24–⁠36	6	1	0.5	0	0	0
Oct 21	atStanford	W 42–⁠7	6	4	0	0	0	1
Oct 28	vs.Colorado	W 28–⁠16	5	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 4	atArizona	L 10–⁠27	8	2	0	0	0	1
Nov 11	vs.Arizona State	L 7–⁠17	8	5	1.5	0	0	0
Nov 18	atUSC	W 38–⁠20	2	2	0	0	0	1
Nov 25	vs.California	L 7–⁠33	3	2	0	0	0	1
Dec 16 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 35–⁠22	11	6	2.5	0	0	0

2022 UCLA 12 games, 77 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Bowling Green	W 45–⁠17	4	3	0.5	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Alabama State	W 45–⁠7	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 17	vs.South Alabama	W 32–⁠31	10	5	0	0	0	0
Sep 24	atColorado	W 45–⁠17	6	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Washington	W 40–⁠32	9	6	0	0	0	1
Oct 8	vs.Utah	W 42–⁠32	8	3	0	0	1	0
Oct 22	atOregon	L 30–⁠45	8	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 29	vs.Stanford	W 38–⁠13	6	3	0	0	1	0
Nov 5	atArizona State	W 50–⁠36	12	6	2	1	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Arizona	L 28–⁠34	3	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.USC	L 45–⁠48	8	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 25	atCalifornia	W 35–⁠28	2	2	0	0	0	0

2021 Hawai’i 13 games, 108 tackles, 7 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 28	atUCLA	L 10–⁠44	10	5	0	0	0	1
Sep 4	vs.Portland State	W 49–⁠35	2	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 11	atOregon State	L 27–⁠45	6	5	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	vs.San José State	L 13–⁠17	5	5	0	0	0	0
Sep 25	atNew Mexico State	W 41–⁠21	11	9	3	2	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Fresno State	W 27–⁠24	1	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 16	atNevada	L 17–⁠34	10	8	1	1	0	0
Oct 23	vs.New Mexico State	W 48–⁠34	10	5	0	0	1	0
Oct 30	atUtah State	L 31–⁠51	16	5	2.5	0	0	0
Nov 6	vs.San Diego State	L 10–⁠17	4	3	1.5	1	0	0
Nov 13	atUNLV	L 13–⁠27	12	2	1	0	0	1
Nov 20	vs.Colorado State	W 50–⁠45	13	12	2.5	2	0	1
Nov 27	atWyoming	W 38–⁠14	8	5	1.5	1	0	0

2020 Hawai’i 9 games, 102 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 24	atFresno State	W 34–⁠19	11	9	1	1	0	0
Oct 30	atWyoming	L 7–⁠31	14	8	2	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.New Mexico	W 39–⁠33	10	6	0.5	0.5	0	0
Nov 14	atSan Diego State	L 10–⁠34	10	5	1.5	0	0	0
Nov 21	vs.Boise State	L 32–⁠40	7	7	0	0	0	0
Nov 28	vs.Nevada	W 24–⁠21	14	9	1	1	0	0
Dec 5	atSan José State	L 24–⁠35	9	5	0	0	0	0
Dec 12	vs.UNLV	W 38–⁠21	18	12	2.5	1	0	1
Dec 24 ✦	vs.Houston	W 28–⁠14	9	5	1	1	1	0

2019 Hawai’i 13 games, 60 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 7	vs.Oregon State	W 31–⁠28	2	2	1
Sep 14	atWashington	L 20–⁠52	1	1	0
Sep 21	vs.Central Arkansas	W 35–⁠16	3	2	0.5
Sep 28	atNevada	W 54–⁠3	1	1	0
Oct 12	atBoise State	L 37–⁠59	4	4	0
Oct 19	vs.Air Force	L 26–⁠56	6	5	0
Oct 26	atNew Mexico	W 45–⁠31	3	3	0
Nov 2	vs.Fresno State	L 38–⁠41	9	8	0
Nov 9	vs.San José State	W 42–⁠40	4	2	0.5
Nov 16	atUNLV	W 21–⁠7	3	3	0
Nov 23	vs.San Diego State	W 14–⁠11	6	3	0
Nov 30	vs.Army	W 52–⁠31	11	6	0
Dec 7	atBoise State	L 10–⁠31	7	4	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2024	Combine or pro day 2024
Height	5′11⅞″
Weight	225 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan		74¾″^W
40-yard dash	4.70 s
10-yard split		1.59 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	9′9″
3-cone drill		7.23 s
20-yard shuttle		4.41 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2024	New York Giants	11	52	0	1
2025	New York Giants	12	50	1	0
2026 (so far)	New England Patriots	3	10	0	0
NFL career		26	112	1	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs

Defense

On the roster

Game by game

Before the draft

In the NFL