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AT GEORGIA STATE: Starting inside linebacker in 2010 who sat out the 2011 season while recovering from off-season knee surgery ... Hopes to rehabilitate his knee and return for the 2012 season ... Former junior college player who enrolled at Georgia State in January 2010.
 
2010: Voted the team's Outstanding Inside Linebacker ... GSU's fourth-leading tackler on the season with 27 solo tackles and 34 assists for a total of 61 ... Also had an interception and a forced fumble.
 
Season-high 11 tackles (4 solo, 7 assists) at Old Dominion, with a tackle for loss and a forced fumble ... Added nine tackles (1 solo, 8 assists) at South Alabama and eight (1-7) at Campbell ... Grabbed an interception in win over Savannah State.
 
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Phoenix College ... Recorded 75 tackles in 2009 and earned second-team all-region honors ... Coached by Land Jacobsen.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-Southern Arizona by the Tucson Citizen as a junior at Buena High (2006), when he made 117 tackles ... Honorable mention all-state ... Missed much of his senior season due to injury ... 2006 U.S. Army National Combine participant.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Tuugalue Samuele Muasau (Last name pronounced MWAH-sow) ... Born Feb. 4, 1989 in Tacoma, Wash. ... Son of Asoiva Muasau and the late Liuavano Muasau.

CAREER STATISTICS *

* Redshirted in 2011