It may not be the strongest pass, but an accurate one, nonetheless. There’s growing belief that the Alabama product has surprised many in training camp and could make his starting debut sooner than anticipated. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. He says you have to keep contain because Tua can scramble on you. Tua Tagovailoa made a dent on Alabama's records. The LSU offense as a whole set an FBS record too. Tagovailoa finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2018, losing to Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray. "He's on a soapbox for the state of Louisiana and LSU. The junior couldn't engineer a scoring drive for the Crimson Tide, throwing two incompletions before a three-and-out. The scary part about Ross is he's just getting started, and his connection with Lawrence will only grow in the coming years. I honestly couldn't figure out where they were blitzing from all night.". Quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Jake Fromm were not the only strong young performers. Tagovailoa exited the game completing 22 of 34 passes on the evening, throwing for 295 yards and two touchdowns. The remarkable performance out of Ross came after he produced 148 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the Cotton Bowl against Notre Dame. The records he and LSU broke are a key takeaway from the championship. In fact, the league, as most people know, is littered with guys who played under Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa. Are you a Stathead, too? Find out more. All Rights Reserved. Due to his increase in production against Notre Dame and Alabama, Ross ended up with exactly 1,000 receiving yards in his first collegiate season. Tagovailoa's stat line from Monday night looks much different than the ones he put up in the first 14 games. He noted that he’s pretty mobile and throws a good deep ball, throws it really well. The “NFL Freaks of the Week” is a weekly poll on the Alabama football twitter account, that lets fans vote for an NFL offensive and defensive freak of the week from the previous week’s matchups. Former Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has garnered national attention since his true freshman season on the Crimson tide football team. Five stars, all projected to serve key roles on both sides of the ball, are projected to go in the first night of the 2021 NFL draft, according to Wilson. The ACC powerhouse forced four punts on LSU's first five possessions and built a 17-7 lead in the process. 1 Alabama and No. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. Nevertheless, the expected No. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. More bio, uniform, draft info, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, September 26, 6:43AM. ... A list of where Tagovailoa stands in the Alabama record books record books followed by his standing in the 2019 national stats … They aren't the only team with Tide standouts. Lawrence's output in the pocket and Clemson's ability to stop Alabama, especially on third and fourth down, led to some eye-popping stats once the game finished. CBS Sports' Ryan Wilson offers his latest mock draft, and there certainly isn't a shortage of Crimson tide products in the first round. The 6-foot, 217-pound quarterback won a national championship, played in another, and went 22-2 as a starter for the Crimson Tide. In front of a purple-and-gold New Orleans crowd, the LSU Tigers wrapped up an undefeated season with a 42-25 victory over the Clemson Tigers in the national championship. In his three years under Nick Saban at Alabama, and starting two seasons, Tagovailoa accumulated a career total of 7,442 yards with a completion percentage of 69.3%, 87 touchdowns and only 11 interceptions. Freshman wide receiver Justyn Ross, who is an Alabama native, developed into Lawrence's top target during the College Football Playoff. Hurts finished the game with no completions on two attempts.