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#2 Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
After coming in at the second half of the 2018 National Championship game and leading the Crimson Tide to a comeback over Georgia, Tua won the battle versus Jalen Hurts and never looked back. As a sophomore, he completed 69 percent of his passes for just under 4000 yards, 43 touchdowns, and six picks. The lefty was the favorite to take home the Heisman trophy until December when he got his ankle banged up versus those same Bulldogs in the SEC title game, and had his worst showing as a college player.
While he was nearly perfect in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma, Tua completed only 54.2 of his passes for three touchdowns and four picks combined versus Georgia and Clemson in the big game. However, while he didn’t quite look like himself down the stretch, back healthy I would expect Tua to light up defenses once again.
With his ability to operate within the pocket (passer rating over 140 from clean pocket) and the accuracy he throws the ball with combined with all the weapons around him, I would expect huge numbers once again.
