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Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has decided to enter the 2020 NFL Draft.
Tagovailoa made his decision Monday months after he suffered a dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture he suffered during a game against Mississippi State in November. Mac Jones was forced to take over as Alabama’s starter, and he led the Crimson Tide to a win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
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Tagovailoa addressed the possibility of going into the NFL in December. He said at the time if he still feels like he is going to be a Top 10 or Top 15 pick it might be too tempting for him to stick around.
“I think that’d be tough to pass up,” Tagovailoa said at a Dec. 5 press conference. “But I think there’s a lot more to it than that in some aspects.”
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At the beginning of the 2019 season, he was projected by many draft experts to be the surefire No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft. However, the emergence of LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and Tagovailoa’s injury pushed the quarterback down into the Top 5 or Top 10 on some mock drafts.
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Tagovailoa has already set the Alabama school record for passing touchdowns with 87 and his 7,442 passing yards ranks third in school history.
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