Tua Tagovailoa has been selected no. 5 overall by the Miami Dolphins. Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa played college football at the University of Alabama. He was born and raised in Hawaii, where he attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu. He then attended Alabama to play college football, where he helped to lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back National Championship Game appearances following the 2017 and 2018 seasons, winning the former and being named its MVP.
Tagovailoa won several other awards and honors for the 2018 season, including the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards, as well as being named a Heisman trophy runner-up. He suffered a dislocated hip that prematurely ended his 2019 season, leading to a lengthy recovery. He is notably a left-handed quarterback despite being right-handed, which was taught to him by his father as a child.
Tagovailoa finished his collegiate career as holder of numerous Alabama football records, as well as notable NCAA career records, including: passing yards per attempt (10.9), adjusted passing yards per attempt (12.7), passing efficiency rating (199.4), and total yards per play (9.8).
Throughout his time leading the Crimson Tide he completed 474 passes on 684 attempts (69.3%), racking up 7,442 passing yards and 87 passing touchdowns. He also added another 9 rushing touchdowns as well.
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