Coveted Hawaii QB Tua Tagovailoa commits to Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala ( AlabamaNews.Net) — Late Monday night, Honolulu 4 star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa announced he has committed to play for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2017.
The 6-foot-1, 215-pound junior chose Alabama over Hawaii, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, USC and UCLA.
“It was a hard decision, but I chose Alabama because I went there and made so many friends so fast and it was kind of like a connection with the guys who would take me to church with them and take me to bible studies,” Tagovailoa told Honolulu’s Star-Advertiser.
Tagovailoa, who plans to graduate from Honolulu’s Saint Louis School in December and enroll at Alabama in January, enters his senior season with 5,503 passing yards and 57 touchdowns.
He will need 2,499 yards to eclipse the state’s career passing record held by another Saint Louis great, Timmy Chang, who went on to play for Hawaii.
