Tuanigamanuolepola "Tua" Tagovailoa (/ˌtʌŋoʊvaɪˈloʊə/ TUNG-oh-vy-LOA; born March 2, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Dolphins in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He is of Samoan descent and was born and raised in Hawaii, where he attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu. He then attended Alabama to play college football, where he helped to lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back National Championship Game appearances following the 2017 and 2018 seasons, winning the former and being named its MVP. read more