Tua Tagovailoa holds the QB · Backup spot in Atlanta Falcons’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Tua Tagovailoa played 14 games in 2025 with a 95% snap share.

Tua Tagovailoa is a 6'1", 218-pound quarterback entering his seventh season in the NFL after being selected fifth overall by Miami in the 2020 draft. At Alabama, he appeared in 33 games with 24 starts, completing 474-of-684 passes for 7,442 yards and 87 touchdowns while adding 107 carries for 340 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2025, his first season with Atlanta, Tagovailoa started 14 games and completed 260-of-384 passes for 2,660 yards, 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, while rushing 20 times for 43 yards. He holds a career 68.0% completion percentage, the second-best in NFL history, and has appeared in 78 career games with 76 starts.

Alabama2017 – 2019

Dolphins2020 – 2025

Falconspresent

CollegeAlabamaDraftRound 1 · No. 5 overall · 2020 · MIAAcquiredAcquired from Miami Dolphins · drafted thereHometownEwa Beach, HI