Taulia Tagovailoa

As a Redshirt Senior (2023): Named Second Team All-Big Ten for the second consecutive season ... Named the 2023 Polynesian Offensive Football Player of the Year ... Finalist for the 2023 William V. Campbell Trophy® ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Ended his career as the Big Ten's All-Time Passing Leader (11,256 yards) ... Voted by his teammates as one of the year-end team captains ... Started all 12 games he played, completing 290 of his 437 pass attempts for 3,377 yards and 25 passing touchdowns ... Also rushed for 5 touchdowns ... Led the Big Ten in completions (290), passing yards (3,377), passing touchdowns (25) and passing yards per game (281.4) ... Ranked Top 20 nationally in passing yards, passing touchdowns and completions per game ... Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (11/27) ... Broke the Big Ten passing record with 361 yards in win at Rutgers, completing 24-of-31 passes with three touchdowns... Jumped to fourth all-time in Big Ten history with 247 yards on 21-of-31 passing vs. #2 Michigan (11/18)... Threw for 283 yards on 27-of-40 passing with one touchdown in win at Nebraska (11/11) ... Started game vs. #9 Penn State (11/4) with 17-straight completions, the longest streak in the nation this season as part of 29-for-29, 286 yard, two TD performance ... Completed 30 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns, surpassing 10,000 career yards at Northwestern (10/28) ... Threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns against Illinois (10/14) ... Notched passing and rushing touchdown in 21-of-41, 196 yard performance at #4 Ohio State (10/7) ... Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (10/2) ... PFF National QB of the Week (10/2) ... Set career-high with five passing touchdowns and six total touchdowns in win over Indiana (9/30), completing 24-of-34 passes for 352 yards ... Scored four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) to lead Terps in win at Michigan State (9/23), completing 21-of-36 passes for 223 yards ... Recorded 12th 300-yard passing game of his career with a 19-for-30, 342 yards, one TD performance in win over Virginia (9/15) ... Completed 25-of-36 passes for 287 yards and a touchdown in win over Charlotte (9/9) ... Scored four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) to lead Maryland to season opening win over Towson, completing 22-of-33 for 260 yards, including 246 the first half alone as he surpassed the 8,000-yard plateau for his career.

As a Redshirt Junior (2022): Second Team All-Big Ten ... Finished the season completing 262-of-391 passes for 3,008 yards and 18 touchdowns ... Broke Maryland career touchdowns record vs. Rutgers (11/26) on a 29-yard pass to WR Jeshaun Jones, as part of 25-of-37, 342 yard performance ... Was phenomenal against No. 2 Ohio State, breaking the Maryland career passing yards record and tying the career passing touchdowns record by way of 26-of-36 passing for 293 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for another touchdown ... Broke Maryland total offense record at Wisconsin, completing 10-of-23 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown and rushing for another 19 ... Completed 25-of-39 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns in win over Indiana (10/15) ... Rose to second all-time in career yards, touchdowns and completions with 11th career 300-yard passing game vs. Purdue (10/8), completing 26-of-38 passes for 305 yards and three touchdowns ... Eclipsed the 6,000 career-yard mark, set the program record for 300-yard games (10) and passed legendary QB Boomer Esaison for third all-time in career passing yards as a Terp with 32-for-41, 314 yard, 1 TD performance in win over Michigan State (10/1) ... Completed 20-of-30 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown at No. 4 Michigan (9/24) ... Led the Terps to a come-from-behind win over SMU (9/17), completing 17-of-23 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner to Corey Dyches with 7:30 left in the game; Also ran for 51 yards on 13 carries ... Named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 391 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Charlotte (9/10) ... Completed 27 of 31 passes against the 49ers to set the Terrapins single-game record for completion percentage (87%) with a minimum of 15 pass attempts ... First ever Terp to win Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week twice in his career ... Added a rushing touchdown to account for 5 total TDs in the win against Charlotte ... Completed 24 of 34 pass attempts for 290 yards in a win over Buffalo (9/3).

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2021): Had record breaking season, setting program single season records in passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2%), passing touchdowns (26) and 300-yard passing games (7) ... Ranked top-25 in the FBS and top three in Big Ten in every passing category with 328-for-474, 3,860 yard, 26 TD season for the Terps ... Completion percentage (69.2) ranked eighth in the FBS ... Also stood top-10 in nation in passing yards (3,860) and completions per game (25.23) ... Named New Era Pinstripe Bowl MVP after fantastic game to pace Terps to 54-10 win, completing 20-of-24 passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for another 42 yards on four carries ... Tied Scott Milanovich (1993) for Maryland single season passing touchdown record (26) ...  Set the Maryland passing yards record with fantastic game at Rutgers (11/27) to lead Terps to bowl eligibility, throwing for 312 yards on 21-of-30 passing and three touchdowns while also rushing for 16 yards and a touchdown ... Broke the Maryland single-season completion record vs. #8 Michigan (11/20) with 19 completions on 33 attempts for 178 yards and a touchdown, as well as 30 yards rushing and an additional touchdown ... Set the Maryland record for most 300-yard passing games in a season with 350 yards and two touchdowns on 29-of-48 passing at #8 Michigan State (11/13) ... Recorded the second-most completions in program history with 41-for-57, 371 yard, one TD performance vs. #22 Penn State (11/6) ... Threw for a career-best 419 yards in win vs. Indiana (10/30), the third-most in a single game in program history, by way of completing 26-of-40 passes and throwing two touchdowns ... Notched 189 passing yards and a touchdown at Minnesota (10/23) ... Tallied 279 passing yards and two touchdowns on 28-of-39 passing at #7 Ohio State (10/9) ... Completed 31-of-41 passes for 384 yards and three touchdowns in Maryland’s win over Kent State (9/25) ... Led Maryland back from down 17-10, using an eight play, 86 yard touchdown drive to tie the game with a 10-yard pass to Tayon Fleet-Davis ... Was 32-43 for 350 yards in the game, the most completions by a Terp in a game since Danny O’Brien tallied 34 on 9/17/11 against West Virginia ... Completed 22-of-27 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns against Howard (9/11) ... Led Terps to win over West Virginia (9/4), completing 26-of-36 passes for 332 yards with three touchdown passes, leading the Big Ten in passing yards for the week and posting a 177.2 passer rating, the 17th-best in the country.

As a Sophomore (2020): Started in all four games he played in, only missing final game vs. Rutgers (12/12) ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... 2020 Stat Line: 75-of-122 passing for 1,011 yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions ... Ranked top five in the Big Ten in multiple passing categories: first in yards per completion (13.48), second in passing efficiency (138.5), second in yards per pass attempt (8.29), third in passing yards per game (252.8) and third in total offense (263.8) ...  Passed for 241 yards and threw a 43-yard touchdown at #12 Indiana (11/28) ... Led Maryland to a win at Penn State  (11/7) by completing 18-of-26 passes for 282 yards and three touchdowns, the first Maryland quarterback with three first-half passing touchdowns in any conference game since Danny O’Brien had three vs. Wake Forest (10/30) ... Tagovailoa’s 676 passing yards over the last two games (394 vs. Minnesota/282 vs. Penn State) are the most by a Maryland quarterback in back-to-back wins since Scott Milanovich passed for 692 yards in back-to-back games in 1994 (341 vs. N.C. State/351 vs. Virginia) ... Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (11/2) ... Manning Award Star of the Week (11/2) ... Maxwell Award Player of the Week (11/3) ... Had phenomenal game vs. Minnesota (10/30), completing 26 of 35 passes for 394 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for another two touchdowns and 59 yards ... Became only the third Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons with 350 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns in a game ... 394 passing yards were the 10th most single-game passing yards in school history and the most since Danny O’Brien passed for 417 yards against N.C. State on Nov. 27, 2010 ... Earned start in Maryland debut at Northwestern (10/24), completing 14 of 25 passes for 94 yards.

As a Freshman at Alabama (2019): Finished 9-of-12 for 100 yards in his five games of action with one rush ... Saw his first collegiate action in the season opener vs. Duke (8/31) but did not record any stats ... Completed his first career pass for a gain of 20 yards vs. Southern Miss (9/21), finishing 1-for-1 on the day ... Entered in the third quarter vs. Arkansas (10/26) for his most extensive action to date, finishing 6-of-8 passing for 45 yards while adding one rush for no gain ...Came in late for the Tide at Mississippi State (11/16), handing the ball off to run out the clock in Starkville ... Finished 2-of-3 for 35 yards vs. Western Carolina (11/23) with his first career touchdown.

High School: One of the top-rated quarterbacks in the 2019 recruiting cycle ... a unanimous four-star prospect by all major recruiting sites ... rated as the No. 4 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and the seventh-rated prospect in Alabama ... 247Composite listed him as the No. 5 pro-style quarterback and at No. 180 on the Top247 ... the No. 143 player on the ESPN300 ... rated as the No. 5 dual-threat signal-caller and sixth-rated prospect in Alabama by ESPN.com ... tabbed the No. 11 dual-threat quarterback and ninth-rated player in Alabama by Rivals.com ... a four-star prospect by PrepStar and the No. 4 quarterback nationally ... listed as one of the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Teamers ... participated in Nike's "The Opening" 2018 Finals in Frisco, Texas ... selected to play in the Polynesian Bowl in Hawaii while also being named by the Bowl as the 2018 High School Player of the Year ... earned a spot in the 2019 All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas ... selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic ... threw for 3,728 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior at Thompson ... rewrote the Alabama high school record books, becoming the only quarterback in state history to have at least four 400-yard passing performances in his career ... became the 10th player in Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) history to throw for 500 yards in a game with his 507-yard, four-touchdown performance against Oak Mountain ... led the Warriors to the Class 7A state championship in 2018 ... selected to the Class 7A All-State first team in 2017 by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA).

Personal: Son of Galu and Diane Tagovailoa ... brother of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa ... has two sisters, Taylor and Taysia ... born and raised in Hawaii ... played center for his brother from grades 4-6 ... is the setter during family volleyball matches ... has two dogs, named Dallas and Star because his family grew up Cowboys fans ... plays the ukulele every night and is learning the guitar.

TAGOVAILOA'S CAREER HIGHS
Passing Yards - 419 (Indiana, 10/30/21)
Touchdowns - 5 (Indiana, 9/30/23)
Completions - 41 (#22 Penn State, 11/6/21)
Long Pass - 76 (Minnesota, 10/30/20)
300-Yard Passing Games - 15 (Last vs. Rutgers, 11/25/23)

2022

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
391.0	7.7	0.67	3008.0	8.0	18.0	262.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
0.7	4.0	64.0	87.0	26.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	1.0	3.0

2021

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
474.0	8.1	0.692	3860.0	11.0	26.0	328.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
1.0	2.0	77.0	80.0	45.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	2.0	6.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

2020

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
122.0	8.3	0.615	1011.0	7.0	7.0	75.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
1.9	2.0	49.0	26.0	39.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0