Know About Tua Tagovailoa; Stats, Injury, Brother, Height, Dating, Age

Tua-Tagovailoa
Published Date: 20 Oct, 2019 Updated date: 20 Oct, 2019 By Celebs Podium

The reigning SEC Offensive Player of the Year, Tua Tagovailoa is set to miss the college action for couple weeks following an unfortunate injury on Saturday. Tua suffered a high-ankle sprain during the game against Tennessee.

Tua Tagovailoa is a Samoan-American football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He commenced his college career in 2017.

Tua Tagovailoa Short Bio: Age, Brother, Height, High School

The 21-years-of-age player was born as Tuanigamanuolepola Tagovailoa on 2 March 1998 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. He is the oldest among the four children of his parents, Galu Tagovailoa and Diane Tagovailoa. Among his siblings, his younger brother, Taulia Tagovailoa also plays as a quarterback for Thompson High School in Alabaster.

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Tua Tagovailoa with his parents and brother on 11 December 2018 (Tua’s Instagram)

About 6 feet and one inch (1.85 m) tall in height, Tua attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu where he commenced his football career. Upon graduation from high school, he decided to go to the University of Alabama and take forward his amateur football career.

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Career Stats

During his high school career, Tua performed valiantly with 8,158 passing yards, 1,727 rushing yard and 27 scores as a junior. Likewise, his senior career saw him record 3932 yards, 43 touchdowns and he was also a lead team player during the 2016 HHSAA District 1 State Championship while at Saint Louis.

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Catch Tua Tagovailoa’s career stats (Picture: ESPN)

Tua made his first career start as a college player with the Alabama Crimson Tide on 1 September 2018. He recorded 227 passing yards and two touchdowns in the 51-16 victory over Louisville in the season’s opening game. Eventually, Tua recorded an excellent 2019 season with 27 touchdowns, 2,011 passing yards and 45 rushing yards from six starts.

Is Tua Dating Anyone?

Although the young gun is firing some big shots in college football, he is yet to freshen up his life with the colors of romance. Tua remains single as of now as no dating history of his surfaces on social media. He is probably busy in caressing his amateur career as he hopes to make a break into the National Football League anytime soon.

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Some Interesting Facts About Tua Tagovailoa

  • Tua was inspired to commence his career in football by his grandfather, Seu.
  • Tua’s cousins, Myron plays as a defensive lineman at Notre Dame, and Adam Amosa-Tagovailoa is an offensive lineman at Navy.
  • His career highlights include College Football Playoff National Championship Offensive MVP (2017), 2018 Orange Bowl Offensive MVP, SEC Champion (2018), SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2018), and First-Team All-SEC (2018).
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