Tua Tagovailoa
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His father, Galu, started training Tagovailoa at the age of two and forced Tagovailoa to begin throwing with his left hand instead of his right

At the age of 8, when his peers could typically throw a football little more than 10 yards, he threw passes more than 30 yards

His main inspiration during his youth was his grandfather, Seu, who was respected enough in the local Samoan community that he was regularly addressed as "Chief Tagovailoa"

In high school, he threw for 33 passing touchdowns during his first season with three interceptions and 2583 passing yards

He was inspired by his father, who disciplined him, saying he used a belt and a bible whenever Tagovailoa threw an interception

In 2016, Tagovailoa played in the Army All-American bowl game, a high-school football all star game and in his regular season threw for 2669 passing yards with 27 passing touchdowns and 7 interceptions

In 2017, he was ranked as the number one high school player in the state of Hawaii of the Class of 2017 and attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu, the same school as Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota where Mariota served as a mentor to him when they were growing up in Hawaii

He had 17 offers from colleges to play on a college football scholarship, including UCLA, Oregon and Colorado, eventually enrolling in the University of Alabama on 1/8/2017 and committing to play there starting from 2017