Tua Tagovailoa is a rare player at quarterback.
So rare, that national college football experts give him the best odds – five to seven – of winning the Heisman Memorial Trophy, despite not playing a full game in two years. He received the lion’s share of attention throughout the offseason at the University of Alabama, and after five regular season games, the sophomore continues to have fans neglect their daily activities on weekends to watch him fling a ball around and navigate an offense to 50-plus points a game.
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