AT SAN JOSE STATE: Fourth season with the Spartans... Moves to an outside linebacker position in the new San José State defensive scheme... Played in 24 games with eight starts for the Spartans... Last name is pronounced MOO-ah-vah.
2012: Started seven of the first eight games of the season... Season ended with an injury in the Texas State game... Had 23 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss... Single-game best eight tackles and an assisted tackle for loss at #21-Stanford (8/31)... Added six tackles and a single-game high 1.5 tackles for loss in the 12-0 shutout of Navy (9/29).
2011: Played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker and special teams defender... Credited with 15 tackles... Was in on a tackle in nine games...Matched his career high three tackles in the season opener at Stanford (9/3)...Came up with his first major college interception in the Fresno State win (11/26).
2010: Played in the first four games as a linebacker before an injury ended his season... Credited with three solo tackles, a quarterback sack and a forced fumble in his limited action... All of his statistics for the season came at #11-Wisconsin (9/11).
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Norman Brown), basketball and track at Independence High in San Jose ...As a junior in 2008 rushed for 1,127 yards on 144 carries and caught 15 passes for 230 yards...Team scoring leader with nine touchdowns...Played linebacker and led his team with 8.0 quarterback sacks and was credited with 91 tackles and three forced fumbles...Punter who averaged 43.2 yards per punt...Averaged 34.0 yards per kickoff return...A sprinter and triple jumper in track and field ...Freshman and sophomore years at Foothill High in Las Vegas, Nev. ...Participated in football (Coach Marty Redmond), basketball and track and field...A second-team all-league defensive back, his team[apos]s Most Valuable Player and the league[apos]s Sophomore of the Year in 2007.
MORE ON DEREK: A sociology major...First member of his family enrolled in college... Enjoys listening to Polynesian music... Says Fiji and Pati are two of his favorite Polynesian performers... The native of San Jose was born on September 25, 1992.
CAREER STATISTICS
| G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/YDS. | SK | FF | FR | INT | DEF | |
| 2010...Redshirt | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0/5 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011...FR | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012...SO | 8 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3.0/9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| CAREER | 24 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 4.0/14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |