"Tagovailoa" redirects here. For his brother, also a quarterback, see Taulia Tagovailoa.
American football player
Tua Tagovailoa
Tagovailoa with the Dolphins in 2021
No. 1 – Miami Dolphins
Position:
Quarterback
Personal information
Born:
(1998-03-02) March 2, 1998 (age 26) ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:
Saint Louis (Honolulu, Hawaii)
College:
Alabama (2017–2019)
NFL draft:
2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Miami Dolphins (2020–present)
Roster status:
Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl (2023)
NFL passing yards leader (2023)
NFL passer rating leader (2022)
CFP national champion (2017)
CFP National Championship Offensive MVP (2017)
Maxwell Award (2018)
Walter Camp Award (2018)
Sporting News College Football Player of the Year (2018)
2× Polynesian Football Player of the Year (college) (2018, 2019)
Consensus All-American (2018)
SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2018)
First-team All-SEC (2018)
Second-team All-SEC (2019)
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Passing attempts:
1,638
Passing completions:
1,096
Completion percentage:
66.9%
TD–INT:
81–37
Passing yards:
12,639
Passer rating:
97.1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Tuanigamanuolepola Donny Tagovailoa[1] (/ˌtʌŋoʊvaɪˈloʊə/Tung-oh-vy-LOW-uh;[2] born March 2, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was named the Offensive MVP of the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship during his freshman season. As a sophomore, Tagovailoa won the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards en route to an appearance in the 2019 National Championship.
After his junior season was cut short by a hip injury, Tagovailoa was selected fifth overall by the Dolphins in the 2020 NFL draft. He spent his rookie season alternating as a backup and starter before becoming the team's primary starter in 2021. Tagovailoa led the league in passer rating in 2022 and passing yards in 2023, earning Pro Bowl honors in the latter, and helping the Dolphins qualify for the playoffs both seasons.
^Inabinett, Mark (January 31, 2023). "Tua: 'Let me set y'all straight' (about his name)". AL.com. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
^Al-Khateeb, Zac (April 23, 2020). "How do you pronounce Tua Tagovailoa? Here's a guide to help you (and Roger Goodell) on draft night". Sporting News. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
pronounce TuaTagovailoa, as explained by TuaTagovailoa". 247 Sports. Retrieved April 16, 2020. Cash, Meredith (January 7, 2019). "TuaTagovailoa gave some...
quarterback TuaTagovailoa. Tagovailoa spent his true freshman season at Alabama in 2019 as a backup to his older brother, TuaTagovailoa, and Mac Jones...
TuaTagovailoa Named Polynesian College Player of the Year". Polynesian Football HOF. December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2023. "TUATAGOVAILOA AND...
offense by sophomore quarterback TuaTagovailoa, who won the starting job over two-year starter Jalen Hurts. Tagovailoa set the NCAA FBS record for passing...
Championship game since the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. True freshman quarterback TuaTagovailoa and defensive tackle Daron Payne were respectively named the offensive...
after TuaTagovailoa injury, but lose to Bengals". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 1, 2022. DeArdo, Bryan (September 30, 2022). "TuaTagovailoa injury:...
change to the concussion protocol was made on October 8, following TuaTagovailoa's injury in week 3: added the diagnosis of ataxia to the mandatory "no-go"...
Retrieved October 23, 2021. "NFL stats and records, Week 1: Dolphins' TuaTagovailoa and Tyreek Hill both break records in season opener". NFL.com. Archived...
at halftime, and Hurts was benched in favor of true freshman TuaTagovailoa. Tagovailoa led the Crimson Tide to a come-from-behind 26–23 victory in overtime...
question in the aftermath of a concussion to Miami Dolphins quarterback TuaTagovailoa during a Week 4 Thursday Night Football game against the Cincinnati...
acquisition of 3x All-Pro receiver Tyreek Hill, who joined Jaylen Waddle as TuaTagovailoa's receiving duo after breaking contract talks with the Chiefs and being...
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quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick over still injured rookie quarterback TuaTagovailoa. The Dolphins went on to open the season with an 0–2 start with back-to-back...
position early in the season, most notably for Alabama quarterback TuaTagovailoa, who at the time, was considered possibly the first pick in the 2020...
job for the second year in a row after beating out rookie quarterback TuaTagovailoa in training camp. During the season-opening 21–11 road loss against...
2021, in Week 2, Brissett came into the game against the Bills after TuaTagovailoa left the game with a rib injury. Brissett threw for 169 yards and an...
the Dolphins Week 6 starter against the Minnesota Vikings after both TuaTagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater were dealing with concussions. He sustained a...
starters, spearheaded by No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow, followed by TuaTagovailoa, Justin Herbert, Jordan Love and Jalen Hurts, along with the undrafted...
season was also highlighted by the emergence of rookie quarterback TuaTagovailoa, the 5th pick in the 2020 Draft, who was named the Dolphins' starter...
win, and was later named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (with TuaTagovailoa). In a Week 2 road trip to ninth-ranked Texas, Burrow threw for 471...
served as the starting quarterback near the end of the 2019 season after TuaTagovailoa suffered a severe hip injury. He made four starts for the Crimson Tide...
Draft by the Miami Dolphins, reuniting him with his college quarterback TuaTagovailoa. On May 14, 2021, Waddle signed with the Dolphins on a $27.1 million...
Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2018 (TuaTagovailoa) and 2023 (Michael Penix Jr.). It is the college equivalent of the Bert...
Football National Championship MVPs". Bleacher Report. Rapp, Timothy. "TuaTagovailoa, Da'Ron Payne Win 2018 College Football National Championship MVP"....
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yards and 8 rushing touchdowns on the ground. Freshman quarterback TuaTagovailoa served as the backup and was named game MVP of the national championship...
Moore was the last left-handed quarterback to play in the NFL until TuaTagovailoa in 2020. In 2018, after retiring from the NFL, he became the Cowboys'...
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