Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa Says He Was 'Pretty Close' To Playing At This Program...
by Larry Leo
January 7, 201915 Comments
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Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa revealed that he was close to playing football at a different college program before choosing to play for the Crimson Tide. Per LA Times...
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quote:And now he's playing in his second title game.
“Our team was USC growing up,” he says. “I used to be No. 11 because of Matt Leinart. He was a lefty, as well.”
Back in 2016, when Tagovailoa was a prized recruit out of Hawaii, there were whispers about him “silently committing” to the Trojans. He acknowledges being “pretty close to going to SC.”
But something happened when Alabama turned up the recruiting heat that spring.
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