Tuanigamanuolepola \”Tua\” Tagovailoa is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Born and raised in Hawaii to Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu and the University of Alabama to play college football. He helped lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back National Championship Game appearances during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2019, he suffered a dislocated hip during a game that prematurely ended his season. Despite the severity of it, he was drafted by the Dolphins fifth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.
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Tuanigamanuolepola \”Tua\” Tagovailoa is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Born and raised in Hawaii to Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu and the University of Alabama to play college football. He helped lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back National Championship Game appearances during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, winning the former and being named its MVP. In 2019, he suffered a dislocated hip during a game that prematurely ended his season. Despite the severity of it, he was drafted by the Dolphins fifth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft. He is notably a left-handed quarterback despite being right-handed, a trait taught to him as a child by his father. He was ranked the top high school prospect in the state of Hawaii and attended the same school as 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota. He had 17 offers to play on a college football scholarship before eventually enrolling at Alabama in January 2017. In 2016, he played in the All-American Bowl, and in his regular season threw for 2,669 passing yards with 27 passing touchdowns and seven interceptions. In 2018, he replaced Jalen Hurts in the second half of the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship game and threw the game-winning 41-yard pass in overtime to Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver DeVonta Smith.
He also won several other awards and honors for the 2018 season, including the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards, as well as being named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. His grandfather was highly respected in the local Samoan community; Seu was regularly addressed as \”Chief Tagovailsoa\”. Seu believed that Tua would eventually grow into a football star, and he requested that he visit him after every game to give him a report, no matter the time of day. Tua briefly considered quitting football after Seu’s death in mid-2014, until he and his father agreed that he could best honor him by continuing to play. He threw for 33 passing touchdowns during his first season with three interceptions and 2,583 passing yards. In his second season, he recorded his first collegiate rushing touchdown in a 66–3 victory against Ole Miss. In the annual rivalry game against Tennessee, he finished with 134 passing yards, one touchdown, one rushing touchdown, and one passing touchdown in the 45–7 victory. On November 18, he threw for three passing touchdowns against Mercer against Mercer, a game for which he was named Offensive MVP.
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