Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 8/24/08: #3 DT, #32/750 Overall, Projected Rnd: 2 2008: All-American first-team choice by The NFL Draft Report, earning second-team honors from The Sporting News and third-team accolades from College Football News and Rivals.com, in addition to being selected to the All-Pac 10 Conference first-team...Recipient of the Trojan's Defensive Lineman of the Year Award...Started all thirteen games at weak-side defensive tackle, leading a unit that ranked fifth in the nation in rush defense (87.38 ypg), placed second in total defense (221.77 ypg) and paced the major college ranks in scoring defense (9.00 ppg)...Recorded 30 tackles (16 solos), producing career-highs with 4.5 sacks for minus 32 yards and ten stops for losses of 41 yards...Registered one quarterback pressure, caused one fumble and deflected a pass...Also blocked a pair of kicks...2008 Preseason: Arrested in March 2008 for resisting and obstructing an officer after a fight at a Newport Beach bar was broken up by police. No charges were filed. 2007: 13 GP; 13 GS; 14 Sol-32 TT, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 SK; Moala started for his second season at defensive tackle as a junior in 2007. Overall in 2007 while starting all 13 games, he had 32 tackles, including 5.5 for losss of 21 yards (including 2.5 sacks for minus 16 yards). He was named to the 2007 Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first team and Phil Steele's All-Pac-10 honorable mention. 2006: 13 GP; 7 GS; 10 Sol-20 TT, 7 TFL, 2.5 SK, 4 PBU, 1 FR; Moala started USC's last 7 games at defensive tackle as a sophomore in 2006. 2005: 13 GP; 2 GS; 6 Sol-8 TT, 1 TFL; Moala saw key playing time at defensive tackle as a redshirt freshman in 2005, even starting 2 games (Arizona State and Arizona). Overall in 2005 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 8 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 1 yard. 2004: Moala redshirted as a freshman defensive tackle in 2004, his first year at USC. He sprained his right hand and his shoulder in 2004 fall practice and missed USC's first 4 games. He was USC's 2004 Service Team Defensive Player of the Year. 2003: He originally signed with USC in 2003, but did not qualify for admission, so he attended Cypress (Calif.) Junior College in 2003 as a part-time student (he didn't play football there)...His cousin is former Oregon defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (2002-05), now with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.
Post-Draft Outlook: A closer look at the Colts' picks: Round 2/56 -- Fili Moala, DT, 6-4, 305, Southern Cal...Indianapolis moved up from the 61st spot to the 56th after a trade with the Miami Dolphins. The Colts swapped spots with Miami plus gave up a fifth-round pick in this year's draft. Moala big, quick athletic defensive lineman who can also be a force as an inside pass rusher. - by The Sports Xchange
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Draft Scout Fili Moala News
09/01/10 - DT Fili Moala struggled as a rookie last season. He had a tough time adapting to the Colts' defensive scheme and often looked lost when he was on the field. But he looks like a different player after a good offseason of working with defensive line coach John Teerlinck.
07/22/10 - DT Fili Moala struggled to learn the defense as a rookie last year but is being counted on to be a force this season.
06/03/10 - DT Fili Moala is approaching what could prove to be an important season. A second-round pick in 2009, Moala didn't see much playing time as a rookie. He was inactive during the Colts' playoff run to the Super Bowl."(We" really anticipate that he is going to be one of those guys that comes forward and is really able to give us some help," said head coach Jim Caldwell. "The big thing is learning how we do things from a technical standpoint, just in terms of fundamentals and techniques, playing with leverage. He is a tall guy, inherently. We just have to get him down, bend his knees a little bit more and use what God has given him, in terms of his ability. He has strength and explosion. We have to bring those things out, so we can see those snap after snap. Oftentimes, if a guy is thinking about his assignments, focusing in on those things, he gets a little tunnel vision, and more often than not you don't get an opportunity to see his natural ability, and that's where he was last year. He was learning so much that we didn't get an opportunity to see him at his best."
03/04/10 - DT Fili Moala was inactive for six games early in the season but started to get more work over the final 10 weeks of the year.
02/07/10 - DT Fili Moala is inactive for Super Bowl XLIV.
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