Tua Tagovailoa with the Miami Dolphins, 2021
With the Miami Dolphins, 2021. Photo: CCS Pictures, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Alabama, 2017–⁠19

Tua Tagovailoa

Number
No. 13
Height
6′1″
Weight
218 lb
Class (2019)
Junior
Hometown
Ewa Beach, HI
Born
Mar 2, 1998, in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

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Tua Tagovailoa played quarterback at Alabama (2017–⁠19). He won the 2018 Maxwell Award and the 2018 Walter Camp Award. He finished second in the 2018 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2018. The Miami Dolphins took Tagovailoa in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,966
Passing yards, 2018 (Alabama, 14–⁠1)
Best game
418 yards
Vs. Ole Miss, week 5, 2019: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2018
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 2020 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

444passing yards, career highat South Carolina, 20196touchdown passes, career highvs. Ole Miss, 2019

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2017; SEC champions, 2018

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2017Alabama497763.66368.3112
2018Alabama24535569.03,96611.2436
2019Alabama18025271.42,84011.3333
Career47468469.37,44210.98711

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2017Alabama271334.9223
2018Alabama571903.3544
2019Alabama23170.7225
Career1073403.2944

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Alabama13QBFr.
2018Alabama13QBSo.
2019Alabama13QBJr.6′1″218

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2017Alabama1040.37––38.718%0.51–
2018Alabama3610.5499th (n=160)0.26193.740%0.810.10
2019Alabama2750.6999th (n=155)0.27190.447%0.89–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2019 Alabama 9 games, 2,840 passing yards, 33 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.DukeW 42–⁠326313364015
Sep 7vs.New Mexico StateW 62–⁠1016242273033
Sep 14atSouth CarolinaW 47–⁠23283644450−12
Sep 21vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠71721293508
Sep 28vs.Ole MissW 59–⁠312636418601
Oct 12atTexas A&MW 47–⁠28213429341−10
Oct 19vs.TennesseeW 35–⁠13111215501−5
Nov 9vs.LSUL 41–⁠46214041841−5
Nov 16atMississippi StateW 38–⁠7141825620−8
2018 Alabama 15 games, 3,966 passing yards, 43 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.LouisvilleW 51–⁠1412162272026
Sep 8vs.Arkansas StateW 57–⁠713192284020
Sep 15atOle MissW 62–⁠711151912047
Sep 22vs.Texas A&MW 45–⁠2322303874010
Sep 29vs.LouisianaW 56–⁠14881282012
Oct 6atArkansasW 65–⁠311013334407
Oct 13vs.MissouriW 39–⁠10122226530−5
Oct 20atTennesseeW 58–⁠211929306406
Nov 3atLSUW 29–⁠025422952149
Nov 10vs.Mississippi StateW 24–⁠0142116411−24
Nov 17vs.The CitadelW 50–⁠1718223403037
Nov 24vs.AuburnW 52–⁠2125323245026
Dec 1vs.GeorgiaW 35–⁠28102516412−21
Dec 29 ✦vs.OklahomaW 45–⁠342427318409
Jan 7 ✦vs.ClemsonL 16–⁠44223429522−9
2017 Alabama 8 games, 636 passing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 9vs.Fresno StateW 41–⁠106964100
Sep 16vs.Colorado StateW 41–⁠2314000–
Sep 23atVanderbiltW 59–⁠08101032022
Sep 30vs.Ole MissW 66–⁠335511037
Oct 14vs.ArkansasW 41–⁠9123300–
Oct 21vs.TennesseeW 45–⁠79121341136
Nov 18vs.MercerW 56–⁠0711853011
Jan 8 ✦vs.GeorgiaW 26–⁠2314241663127

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020
Height6′0″
Weight217 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size10″
Wingspan75¼″W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Pro Bowl: 2023

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2020Miami Dolphins101862901,814115109
2021Miami Dolphins132633882,6531610128
2022Miami Dolphins132594003,54825870
2023Miami Dolphins173885604,624291474
2024Miami Dolphins112913992,86719749
2025Miami Dolphins142603842,660201543
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons12334010
NFL career791,6492,42418,20012060473

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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