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Commanders 2022 NFL draft prospect profile: Wyoming LB Chad Muma
Wyoming linebacker Chad Muma (48). (AP Photograph/Steve Conner)
Chad Muma grew up in Lone Tree, Colorado, and attended Legend Excessive Faculty in Parker, Colorado. Legend Excessive Faculty can be the alma mater for present Boston Pink Sox first baseman Brian Dalbec and Boston Celtics guard Derrick White.
Muma is a third-generation Wyoming Cowboy as his father, Ty, and maternal grandfather, Rick Desmarais, performed for Wyoming. A 3-star signee within the class of 2018, Muma was ranked because the No. 2,008 general prospect in his class, per 247Sports. When Muma signed with the Cowboys out of highschool, he was initially a security.
The linebacker was identified with Kind-1 diabetes when he was within the seventh grade. Muma majored in mechanical engineering at Wyoming.
A 3-year starter, Muma was named first-team All-Mountain West in 2020 and 2021. As a senior in 2021, Muma was named a third-team All-American.