Tua Tagovailoa

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Tua Tagovailoa
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Tua Tagovailoa (2018)
Miami Dolphins - No. 1
Quarterback
Date of birth: March 2, 1998
Place of birth: ʻEwa Beach , Hawaii
Height: 1.85 m Weight: 98 kg
NFL debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career
College : Alabama
NFL Draft : 2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th
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Career highlights and awards

Tuanigamanuolepola "Tua" Tagovailoa (born March 2, 1998 in ʻEwa Beach , Hawaii ) is an American American football player on the position of quarterback . He was selected fifth by the Miami Dolphins in the 2020 NFL Draft . He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and holds the record for the highest passing efficiency rating in college football for a college career. Tagovailoa is one of the few quarterbacks who throw his left arm.

Early years

Tua Tagovailoa was born on March 2, 1998 as the eldest child of a family from American Samoa . His grandfather Seu moved from the village of Vatia on Tutuila to ʻEwa Beach , Hawaii, because his family had a bad reputation there and he hoped for better future prospects in Hawaii. Galu Tagovailoa, Tua's father, played as a lineman at Community College in Santa Rosa , California from 1989 to 1991 . Tua's brother Taulia Tagovailoa also plays as a quarterback.

His father Galu started to train Tua when he was two years old. Since his father was left-handed, he trained Tua, who is actually right-handed, to throw his left arm. His grandfather Seu founded the football team Ewa Beach Sabers together with Galu and his brother Tuli, in which the young Tua was also used. As an eight-year-old, Tua was able to throw 30 yards, with around 10 yards being common at this age. At the age of 13, Tagovailoa joined the team at St. Louis High School in Honolulu , which the future NFL quarterback Marcus Mariota had already attended. When Seu died in 2014, Tua considered retiring his career but continued it to pay tribute to his grandfather.

At high school, Tagovailoa was initially a backup behind Ryder Kuhns, but he soon surpassed him. In the 2014 season, Tagovailoa threw over 2,500 yards with 33 touchdowns and three interceptions . After high school, Tagovailoa, rated the second best dual threat quarterback in his class, went to the University of Alabama .

college

Tagovailoa played for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 2017 to 2019 . In his first season, he was the backup quarterback behind Jalen Hurts . He was used several times when Alabama was unassailable in the lead with high victories shortly before the end. In the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against the Georgia Bulldogs , Tagovailoa came on at halftime after Hurts showed a poor performance and Alabama fell 0:13. Tagovailoa led the team to a 26:23 win after overtime and thus to the national championship title. He was named the game's offensive MVP .

After sharing the playing time with Hurts in the first game of the 2018 season, he was named starting quarterback of Alabama from week 2. In the Heisman Trophy election for best college football player, Tagovailoa finished second just behind Kyler Murray , who was selected first overall in the 2019 NFL Draft . Tagovailoa was also able to win the Walter Camp Award . Tagovailoa was long considered a favorite for the Heisman Trophy until he showed an unusually poor performance in the game for the championship in the Southeastern Conference against Georgia due to an ankle injury. Only ten of his 25 pass attempts were successful, a touchdown pass faced two interceptions. In the Orange Bowl , which Alabama won 45:34 against the Oklahoma Sooners , Tagovailoa was named an offensive MVP. He made 24 of 27 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns. In the 2018 season he achieved 199.4, the best quarterback rating that any player had ever achieved over a season, with a minimum of 700 attempts to pass and 14 attempts to pass per use. Tagovailoa hit 69 percent of his balls and gained 3966 yards of space. In 43 touchdowns he made six interceptions. The following year, Joe Burrow beat this record .

In the 2019 season, Tagovailoa was able to build on its performance from the previous year. In the first six games he brought 74.7% of his passes for 2,166 yards, while he threw two interceptions in 27 touchdowns. In the game against the Tennessee Volunteers , he suffered an ankle injury, because of which he missed a game. In mid-November 2019, he sustained a serious hip injury in a game that left him out for the rest of the season.

On January 6, 2020, Tagovailoa announced that it would forego another possible year of college and sign up for the 2020 NFL Draft . With a Passing Efficiency Rating of 199.4, Tagovailoa had the best value in this statistic at the end of his college career.

NFL

In the 2020 NFL Draft , Tagovailoa was selected fifth by the Miami Dolphins . Since the number 13 that Tagovailoa wore in college is banned from the Dolphins in honor of Dan Marino , Tagovailoa wears the number 1 with the Dolphins.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Meredith Cash: Tua Tagovailoa gave some dark details of how far his father went to turn him into one of the best players in college football on businessinsider.de, January 8, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Wright Thompson: Tua Tagovailoa's success is generations in the making on espn.com, December 7, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Dalton Johnson: How Tua Tagovailoa was shaped by Bay Area before Alabama QB stardom on nbcsports.com, January 7, 2019, accessed July 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c Marcus Blumberg: Tua Tagovailoa: From Nobody to Quarterback Dream on spox.com, November 22, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ Drew Champlin: Hawaii 4-star QB Tua Tagovailoa commits to Alabama on al.com, May 3, 2016, accessed on July 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ Rodger Sherman: Tua Tagovailoa's Rise Seemed Unlikely, but It Was Part of Nick Saban's Championship Plan on theringer.com, January 9, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2019.
  7. ↑ Kelly McCarthy: Alabama lineman planned post-championship game proposal on abcnews.go.com, January 9, 2018, accessed July 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ Jenna West: Tua Tagovailoa Remains Alabama's Starting Quarterback For Week 2 on si.com, September 3, 2019, accessed on September 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ Heisman Trophy: Kyler Murray wins ahead of Tua Tagovailoa on spox.com, December 9, 2018, accessed July 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wins Walter Camp Award on espn.com, December 7, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ Pat Forde: Heisman race: Did Tua Tagovailoa's SEC title game flop open door for Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins? In: Yahoo Sports . December 4, 2018, accessed November 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ Charlie Potter: Tua Tagovailoa, Xavier McKinney named MVPs of Orange Bowl on 247sports.com, December 30, 2018, accessed July 23, 2019.
  13. ↑ Passing Efficiency Rating Single Season Leaders and Records on sports-reference.com, accessed on January 14, 2020.
  14. ↑ Sam Cooper: Heisman Watch: How will Tua's ankle injury affect his chances? In: Yahoo Sports . October 22, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019.
  15. ↑ Dislocated hips! Tua Tagovailoa's NFL career destroyed? . In: ran.de , November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  16. ↑ College star Tua Tagovailoa goes "All in": The brave bet on yourself on ran.de. January 6, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020.
  17. ^ Career Leaders and Records for Passing Efficiency Rating. Retrieved January 14, 2020 (English, minimum of 700 pass attempts).
  18. ↑ NFL: Tua Tagovailoa chooses number '1' at the Miami Dolphins - a novelty on ran.de. May 6, 2020, accessed May 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Tagovailoa, Tua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tagovailoa, Tuanigamanuolepola (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH ʻEwa Beach , Hawaii , United States