Taulia Tagovailoa

Position:
QB
Height:
5-11
Weight:
208
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Ewa Beach, Hawai'i
High School:
Thompson

Freshman (2019)

Added depth at the quarterback position ... finished 9-of-12 for 100 yards in his five games of action ... added one rush to his freshman totals. Duke: Saw his first collegiate action in the season opener but did not record any stats. Southern Miss: Completed his first career pass for a gain of 20 yards, finishing 1-for-1 on the day. Arkansas: Entered in the third quarter for his most extensive action to date ... finished 6-of-8 passing for 45 yards ... added one rush for no gain against the Razorbacks. Mississippi State: Came in late for the Tide, handing the ball off to run out the clock in Starkville. Western Carolina: Finished 2-of-3 for 35 yards with his first career touchdown.

High School and Personal Data

Traveled down the road from Alabaster to Tuscaloosa ... one of the top-rated quarterbacks in this year's recruiting cycle ... a unanimous four-star prospect by all major recruiting sites ... rated as the No. 4 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and the seventh-rated prospect in Alabama ... 247Composite listed him as the No. 5 pro-style quarterback and at No. 180 on the Top247 ... the No. 143 player on the ESPN300 ... rated as the No. 5 dual-threat signal-caller and sixth-rated prospect in Alabama by ESPN.com ... tabbed the No. 11 dual-threat quarterback and ninth-rated player in Alabama by Rivals.com ... a four-star prospect by PrepStar and the No. 4 quarterback nationally ... listed as one of the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Teamers ... participated in Nike's "The Opening" 2018 Finals in Frisco, Texas ... selected to play in the Polynesian Bowl in Hawaii while also being named by the Bowl as the 2018 High School Player of the Year ... earned a spot in the 2019 All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas ... selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic ... threw for 3,728 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior at Thompson ... rewrote the Alabama high school record books, becoming the only quarterback in state history to have at least four 400-yard passing performances in his career ... became the 10th player in Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) history to throw for 500 yards in a game with his 507-yard, four-touchdown performance against Oak Mountain ... led the Warriors to the Class 7A state championship in 2018 ... selected to the Class 7A All-State first team in 2017 by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) ... brother of current Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa ... coached by Mark Freeman at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. ... chose Alabama over Florida, LSU and Tennessee.