Tua Tagovailoa Biography
Tua Tagovailoa born Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa (TOO-ah TUNG-oh-VAI-loa) is an American Samoan football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He was born and raised in Hawaii.
Tua Tagovailoa Birthday
Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa was born in ‘Ewa Beach, Hawaii, U.S. on March 2, 1998. He is 21 years as of 2019 and is of Samoan-American nationality.
Tua Tagovailoa Family|Parents
Tua Tagovailoa was born March 2, 1998, to Galu Tagovailoa and Diane Tagovailoa. He is the oldest of four children in a Samoan family. He grew up with an enormous interest in football with his parents accounting that he would sleep with a football under his arm every night as a small child.
His father, Galu, began training him at the age of two and forced Tagovailoa to begin throwing with his left hand instead of his right. At the age of 8, during Pop Warner games, when his peers could typically throw a football little more than 10 yards, he routinely threw passes more than 30 yards.
In his high school, he threw for 33 passing touchdowns in his first year on varsity with three interceptions and 2583 passing yards. In 2016, Tagovailoa played in the Army All-American bowl game, a high-school football all-star game. In his regular-season threw for 2669 passing yards with 27 passing touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He was likewise selected to be a part of the Elite 11 roster as one of the elite high-school quarterbacks and was MVP of that roster.
Additionally, he was rated as the number one high school player in the state of Hawaii of the Class of 2017. Tua attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu, the same school as Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota.
Mariota worked as a mentor to him when they were growing up in Hawaii. He had 17 offers from colleges to play on a college football scholarship, including UCLA, Oregon, and Colorado. Eventually enrolling in the University of Alabama on 1/8/2017 and committing to play there starting from 2017.
Tua Tagovailoa Height|Tua Tagovailoa Weight
He has quite an interesting body. He stands at a height of 1.85 m and weighs around 99 kg.
Tua Tagovailoa Career
2018
Tagovailoa’s career debuted on September 1, 2018, at the season’s opening game, against Louisville, in Orlando, Florida. He finished 12-of-16, with 227 passing yards and two touchdowns in the 51–14 victory, before Jalen Hurts replaced him in the third quarter. Following the victory, Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced Tagovailoa as the starter for The Crimson Tide’s home opener against Arkansas State on September 8 during his weekly Monday press conference.
He was 11-of-15 for 191 passing yards and two touchdowns to go along with 47 rushing yards in the 62–7 victory over Ole Miss. Tua continued his systematic season against Texas A&M with 387 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, and a rushing touchdown in the 45–23 victory. In a brief role against Louisiana, he was 8-of-8 passing for 128 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in the 56–14 victory. In the next game against Arkansas, Tua had more passing touchdowns than incompletions as he went 10-of-13 for 334 passing yards and four passing touchdowns in the 65–31 victory.
Following the regular season, he finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Oklahoma Sooner starting quarterback Kyler Murray. In 2018, he won the Walter Camp Award and Maxwell Award both awarded to the top player in college football.
During the SEC Championship against Georgia, he suffered an ankle sprain and while recovering from it, Tagovailoa put on a nearly perfect offensive performance against Oklahoma in the 2018 Orange Bowl (24-of-27 with 318 yards passing, 4 TDs and 0 INTs) This lead the Tide to their 4th consecutive CFP National Championship appearance.
Likewise, Tua was labeled Offensive MVP of that game. Tagovailoa went 22-of-34 with 295 passing yards, 2 TDs, and 2 INTs in the National Championship loss (44-16) against Clemson, in2019. He also set a new NCAA FBS passer rating record of 199.4 for the season, surpassing the record 198.9 set by Baker Mayfield in 2017.
Tua Tagovailoa Injury
Tua suffered a right ankle injury in the fourth quarter of the SEC championship game against Georgia. On the play he was injured, he released a pass and Crimson Tide left tackle Jonah Williams had his leg crumble Tagovailoa’s right ankle – turning it into the turf.
At the end of 2019, he suffered a significant hip injury that included a dislocation and a broken back wall of the hip socket in Alabama’s ninth game of the 2019 season. Tagovailoa flew to Houston to undergo surgery which was successful and has been on healing path ever since.
Tua Tagovailoa NFL Draft
Tua was the number 1-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, to the extent of a viral #TankForTua hashtag dominating the NFL landscape. However, the tables turned for the star Alabama quarterback when he suffered a devastating hip injury in November that ended his season and required surgery to repair. Now a healthy Tagovailoa who is fast recovering is still projected as a possible top-5 pick. In April, the 2020 NFL draft has teams like the Miami Dolphins looking to find their charter quarterback for this season and potentially beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tua Tagovailoa
Who is Tua Tagavailoa?
He is a renowned American Samoan football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Is Tua Hawaiian or Samoan?
Tua is Samoan as his father was born in American Samoa and later moved to Hawaii.
What is Tua Tagovailoa’s ethnicity?
He was born to Samoan parents and is American by nationality and of black ethnicity.
Is Tua a senior in Alabama?
He is a senior but wants to forgo his senior season to join the NFL.
How many championships does Tua Tagovailoa have?
He won three championships in three years.
What is Tua’s real name?
What religion is Tua?
He is a very active and committed Christian.
Is Tua left-handed?
He is naturally right-handed but was forced to throw the ball in his left hand by his father who trained him and who is also left-handed.
Who is Tua’s brother?
He is the brother of Taulia Tagovailoa.
Where did Tua go to college?
He attended the Alabama Crimson Tide football from 2017 to 2019.
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