#13

Tua Tagovailoa

Former quarterback at Alabama. 2019: 2,840 passing yards, 33 TD, 3 INT.

QB · Alabama · Jr. · #13

6′1″ · 218 lb · Ewa Beach, HI

Watch-list name (model)Miami — drafted 2020, Rd 1, Pick 5, #5 overall

Recruiting

5★

DUAL recruit

No. 32 nationally · Signed with Alabama

Statement game444 yds · 5 TDat South Carolina (FBS) · W 47-23

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Alabama. 2019: 2,840 passing yards, 33 TD, 3 INT.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2017.
Drafted round 1 by the Miami in 2020.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #5 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Alabama, 7,442 passing yards — drafted at #5 overall by Miami.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20178 games

Signed with Alabama5-star out of St. Louis

2020

Drafted by Miamiround 1, pick 5

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#32 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #5

Miami · 2020

Featured in The Canon

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

#5Rd 1 · Pick 5

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

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2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Nick Saban — 38-4 over that span.

2017Alabama13-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (98th percentile). Strength: completion % (97th percentile). Concern: rush yards (29th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#4 / 177 · 98th pct

11.3

Completion %#6 / 177 · 97th pct

71.4%

Pass TDs#8 / 177 · 95th pct

Interceptions#27 / 177 · 79th pct

Fumbles lost#23 / 166 · 74th pct

Pass yards#47 / 177 · 73rd pct

2840

Rush TDs#77 / 177 · 50th pct

Rush yards#127 / 177 · 29th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	308	3.7	11.5	0.3
Road3g	331	3.7	11.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	335	4.5	11.1	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	276	2.0	12.5	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Alabama	180	252	71.4%	2,840	11.3	33	3	206.9	--	--	--
2018	Alabama	245	355	69.0%	3,966	11.2	43	6	199.4	--	--	--
2017	Alabama	49	77	63.6%	636	8.3	11	2	175.0	--	--	--
Career		474	684	69.3%	7,442	10.9	87	11	199.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Alabama	23	17	0.7	2	--
2018	Alabama	57	190	3.3	5	--
2017	Alabama	27	133	4.9	2	--
Career		107	340	3.2	9	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week