Say it five times fast: Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa is the 22-year-old football quarterback born in 1998 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii where he grew up sleeping with a football in his arms and as and 8-year-old could complete 30-yard passes during his Pop Warner games.
After a spectacular high school career, Tagovailoa was ranked as the number one high school player in the state of Hawaii, class of 2017, throwing for 2,669 passing yards and 27 touchdowns with 7 interceptions during his senior season.
Despite living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, seventeen bigtime mainland colleges sent offers Tagovailoa’s way, including UCLA, Oregon, and Colorado, but one offer and one head coach shone brighter than the rest.