Few expected much when the New York Giants selected linebacker Darius Muasau out of UCLA with the 183rd pick of the 2024 NFL Draft .

After all, he’s undersized and not terribly athletic. As a late round pick, the realistic expectations were for a core special teams player. And Muasau did indeed become a significant contributor on special teams, with 248 snaps played over the course of the season. But what was unexpected was him starting his rookie year by picking off Sam Darnold in Week 1, then stepping in to pick up the slack when starting linebacker Bobby Okereke went down with a back injury later in the year.

Muasau proved to be more than just a special teams player. He’s was a solid linebacker as a rookie, which he could owe in part to an uncommon route to the NFL. Muasau played

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