Darius Muasau
LB
#53
Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-0
Weight: 234 lbs
College: UCLA
2025 SEASON
- Solo23
- SCK1
- FF0
- INT--
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New York Giants | 12 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2024 | New York Giants | 15 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 27 | 100 | 46 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biography
As a rookie in 2024, played in 15 games with seven starts…Totaled 54 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 quarterback hit, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- As a rookie in 2024, played in 15 games with seven starts…Totaled 54 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 quarterback hit, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception.
- Started in his NFL debut vs. Minnesota (9/8) and had 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception…Became the first Giant with an interception in his NFL debut since defensive end Niko Lalos at Cincinnati on 11/29/20.
COLLEGE
- Played three seasons at the University of Hawai'i and two at UCLA…Played in 63 games with 51 starts, including 37 games with 25 starts at Hawai'i and starts in all 26 games at UCLA…Totaled 440 career tackles, 40.0 stops for loss, 16.5 sacks and 5 interceptions…In each of his two seasons in Westwood, Muasau led the Bruins in tackles and was named second-team All-Pac 12.
- In 2023, started all 13 games for the Bruins and tallied a team-high 75 tackles (43 solo), 10.5 stops for loss, 4.0 sacks, a career-high 6 passes defensed, and 1 interception…Named second-team All-Pac 12 by the league's coaches.
- In 2022, started all 13 games at inside linebacker…Named second-team All-Pac-12 by the league coaches…Led the team with 91 tackles.
- In 2021, played in 13 games with 12 starts in his final season at Hawai'i…Named first-team All-Mountain West first team…Led team in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, and forced fumbles…Team captain…Totaled a team and career-high 109, including 14.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks…Tied for 2nd nationally with 5 forced fumbles.
- In 2020, started all nine games in a pandemic-shortened season…Named first-team All-Mountain West first team…Led team in tackles (104) tackles for loss (9.5), and sacks (4.5)…One of five finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year award.
- In his debut season in 2019, played in all 15 games with four starts…Named the team's Dick Tomey Special Teams MVP…Finished 3rd on the team with 61 tackles…Had 3.0 tackles for loss and recovered 2 fumbles…Received All-Mountain West All-Academic honors.
OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY
- Continued the annual rookie Thanksgiving tradition at Eva's Village to prepare and serve lunch for the community members of Eva's Village in Paterson, N.J.… Joined a zoom call with his alma mater Mililani High School to surprise the football team with a $10,000 contribution from the NFL Foundation and Nike to support the tackle and flag football programs… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants… Joined Project Kind, an organization to support those experiencing homelessness, to host an event with 125 people from the organization for a day of haircuts, spa treatments and lunch at MetLife stadium… Hosted the boys from the Far Rockaway and Harlem Giants that were graduating middle school for a day at the training facility filled with character building activities, lunch in the team cafeteria and different games in the field house… To celebrate Halloween, dressed in costume to visit patients and distribute giftbags at Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital.
PERSONAL
- Sociology major… Born in San Diego, CA…Has 5 brothers…Parents are Matthew and Felisa Muasau of 'Ewa Beach, Oahu.
- A 2019 graduate of Mililani High School on Oahu…As a senior, named first-team all-state and 2018 Defensive Player of the Year…Finished with 87 tackles, 38.5 tackles for loss and 2 interceptions…Also played running back…Helped Mililani to a 10-3 record and runner-up finish for the Open Division title…Selected to play in the 2019 Polynesian Bowl.
- Earned all-state mention as a junior…Part of Trojan squad that captured the 2016 Division I state.
MAIN TRANSACTIONS
- Originally a 6th-round (183rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.