Player Dossier

2019-2023

Maryland

Taulia Tagovailoa

QB • 5'11" • 208 lbs • Ewa Beach, HI, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Taulia Tagovailoa is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

79%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Alabama • Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina

Player Story

Taulia Tagovailoa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama and Maryland. The clearest part of Taulia Tagovailoa's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9269

Thompson · Alabaster, AL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Taulia Tagovailoa, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland. Taulia Tagovailoa is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
11,562
Passing yards
11,356
Rushing yards
206
Touchdowns
90

Quick Answers

Taulia Tagovailoa quick answers

Latest team and position
Maryland · QB
Career Total Offense
11,562
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Maryland
Top game
Western Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Thompson · Alabama
High school pipeline
Thompson · 28 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2023 Total offense rank
3,395 total offense · QB 29th (top 8%) · Big Ten 1st (top 1%) · National 29th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama398100-2142.2
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland41,0601,01149952.4
2021 PostseasonMaryland1330726542271.9
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland133,6303,595352671.9
2022 PostseasonMaryland122242213166
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland122,8482,787612166
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland123,3953,377183070.7

Related Context

Taulia Tagovailoa played QB for Alabama and Maryland. Across 5 tracked seasons, Taulia Tagovailoa recorded 11,356 passing yards, 206 rushing yards, and 21 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Maryland paired 3,937 primary output with 63.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 59.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Maryland.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 50th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · Maryland

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

256

Efficiency

59.1

Usage

20.5

Consistency

81.5

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 224. Buffalo: 287. Charlotte: 397. SMU: 265. Michigan: 227. Michigan State: 332. Purdue: 311. Indiana: 259. Wisconsin: 96. Penn State: 29. Ohio State: 305. Rutgers: 340

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 46 by 45.7. Buffalo: 38 by 57.5. Charlotte: 33 by 76. SMU: 36 by 72.7. Michigan: 34 by 61.9. Michigan State: 45 by 71.7. Purdue: 44 by 56.7. Indiana: 46 by 55.4. Wisconsin: 34 by 42.8. Penn State: 31 by 44.5. Ohio State: 46 by 63. Rutgers: 45 by 61.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins300.6 · Games = 7 · +107.0 vs Losses
Losses193.6 · Games = 5 · -107.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

76 vs Charlotte

Result
Fri 12/30@ NC StateW 16-12193722151.41245.7930.30025
Sat 11/26vs Rutgers300-yard gameW 37-0253734267.61061.18-2-0.30016
Sat 11/19vs Ohio State3+ TDL 30-43263629372.2206310121.20126
Sat 11/12@ Penn StateL 0-3011227450.00044.59-45-503
Sat 11/5@ WisconsinL 10-2310237743.51142.811191.70013
Sat 10/15@ Indiana3+ TDW 38-33253927064.12055.47-11-1.6017
Sat 10/8vs Purdue300-yard game · 3+ TDL 29-31263831568.43156.76-4-0.7019
Sat 10/1vs Michigan State300-yard gameW 27-13324131478.01071.74184.50010
Sat 9/24@ MichiganL 27-34203020766.71261.9420509
Sat 9/17vs SMUDual-threatW 34-27172321473.92072.713513.90013
Sat 9/10@ Charlotte300-yard game · 3+ TDW 56-21273139187.1417626314
Sat 9/3vs BuffaloW 31-10243429070.60157.54-3-0.8006

Player Story

Taulia Tagovailoa story

Taulia Tagovailoa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama and Maryland. The clearest part of Taulia Tagovailoa's career was his passing role: 11,356 passing yards, 77 touchdown passes, 1,436 attempts, and 206 rushing yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Maryland. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 206 rushing yards, 21 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and Maryland.

The arc is straightforward: Taulia Tagovailoa moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Alabama

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Maryland

    2020-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama9881.22.6
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland1,06057.722.8962
2021 PostseasonMaryland3,93763.119.42,877
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland3,93763.119.40
2022 PostseasonMaryland3,07259.120.5-865
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland3,07259.120.50
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland3,39561.920.9323

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Carolina

Week 13 · W 66-3

Win with 35 yards of offense and 88 efficiency.

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Total Offense

84.7 takeover

35 total offense with 88 efficiency.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 9 · W 45-44 · Conference game

458

Total Offense

80.5 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

458 total offense with 84.2 efficiency.

#3

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · L 21-40 · Conference game

362

Total Offense

77.2 takeover

Loss with 362 yards of offense and 56.2 efficiency.

362 total offense with 56.2 efficiency.

#4

@ Northwestern

Week 9 · L 27-33 · Conference game

275

Total Offense

74.9 takeover

Loss with 275 yards of offense and 51.2 efficiency.

275 total offense with 51.2 efficiency.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 10 · L 15-51 · Conference game

239

Total Offense

73.8 takeover

Loss with 239 yards of offense and 56.3 efficiency.

239 total offense with 56.3 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Maryland

3,937 primary output · 63.1 efficiency · 19.4 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Maryland

71.9

3,937 primary · 63.1 efficiency · 19.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Maryland

70.7

3,395 primary · 61.9 efficiency · 20.9 usage

Milestones

28

250+ passing yards

18

300+ total offense

15

3+ TD games

24

Above avg efficiency