Cassh Maluia
Cassh Maluia is an American former professional football player who is a professional rugby player with the Chicago Hounds. He played in the National Football League as a linebacker.
Maluia played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys, and was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft.
College career
Maluia grew up in Compton, California and signed with Wyoming, the first school to offer him a football scholarship, out of high school. As a sophomore, Maluia recorded 74 tackles. In his senior season in 2019, he had 61 tackles, half a sack, and two interceptions while starting at weak-side linebacker. He earned honorable mention all-Mountain West Conference honors. In his career at Wyoming Maluia had 197 tackles and 16.5 tackles for loss.Professional career
New England Patriots
Maluia was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft with the 204th overall pick. He was waived on September 5, 2020, and signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster the following day. He was waived on November 10, 2020, and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. He was elevated to the active roster on November 14 and December 28 for the team's weeks 10 and 16 games against the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. On January 2, 2021, Maluia was promoted to the active roster. He was waived after the season on March 23, 2021.On August 7, 2021, Maluia re-signed with the Patriots. He was waived on August 24, 2021.