Taulia Tagovailoa (born February 26, 2000) ( ) is an

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for the

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. He holds the Maryland single-season and all time school records for completions and passing yards and a share of the touchdowns record. He is also the career passing yards leader and career touchdown passes leader for Maryland. He is the brother of professional football quarterback

Tua Tagovailoa Tuanigamanuolepola Tagovailoa ( ; born March 2, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, where he was the Offensive MVP of the 2018 College Fo ...

College career

Alabama

2019

Tagovailoa spent his true freshman season at Alabama in 2019 as a backup to his older brother,

, and

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. He saw his first collegiate action in the season opener against Duke but did not record any stats. On September 21, 2019, Tagovailoa completed his first career pass for a gain of 20 yards against Southern Miss, finishing 1-for-1 on the day. He entered in the third quarter against Arkansas on October 26, 2019, for his most extensive action to date, finishing 6-of-8 passing for 45 yards while adding one rush for no gain. He came in late for the Tide against Mississippi State, handing the ball off to run out the clock in Starkville. Tagovailoa finished 2-of-3 for 35 yards against Western Carolina with his first career touchdown. He finished the season nine of 12 for 100 yards and one touchdown.

Maryland

2020

On May 15, 2020, Tagovailoa announced he would be transferring to the

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. He started in all four games in which he played, only missing the final game vs. Rutgers. In his 4 games, he led Maryland to a 2-2 record, in which he beat

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and

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. He broke the 5 game losing streak Maryland had against Penn State. He threw 75-of-122 passing for 1,011 yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. He ranked top five in the Big Ten in multiple passing categories: first in yards per completion (13.48), second in passing efficiency (138.5), second in yards per pass attempt (8.29), third in passing yards per game (252.8) and third in total offense (263.8). At the end of the season, Tagovailoa was named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention.

2021

Tagovailoa returned to Maryland as the team's starting quarterback in

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, starting in all 13 games and again earning All-Big Ten Honorable Mention. He led Maryland to the program's first winning season since

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and the program's first bowl bid since

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, beating

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, and

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. He broke the

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single-season completion record set by

John Kaleo John Kaleo (born February 5, 1971) is a retired American football quarterback in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Albany Firebirds (1993), Cleveland Thunderbolts (1994), St. Louis Stampede (1995–1996), Anaheim Piranhas (1997), San Jose ...

in a loss against

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and then the

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single-season passing yards record set by

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in the subsequent win against

, then tied Milanovich's 1993 single-season touchdowns record in the bowl win. Tagovailoa was named MVP of the 2021 Pinstripe Bowl against

where he went 20-of-24 with 265 passing yards and two touchdowns, along with 42 rushing yards on four carries in their 54-10 win. He led Maryland to the program's first bowl win since

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College statistics

References

External links

Maryland profile
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