Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is being praised for his bold faith on and off the field.
Alabama Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is known for being a great football player.
His stats this year are simply amazing and are the buzz in college football. He’s completed more than 70% of his passes for 2,066 yards, and he has 25 touchdowns with no interceptions this season. Pretty impressive stuff.
Saturday’s 58-21 win over Tennessee was just one more highlight in the 20-year-old’s impressive career.
But equally impressive is how open Tagovailoa is about his Christian faith. He says everything in life is centered around God, even football.
In an interview on why he chose Alabama for his college career he said, “First and foremost, it was their belief in God. Their belief in God was one of the biggest things that kind of struck me, and that kind of lines up with everything in my life.”
He often shares about his faith on social media.
Number 13’s Twitter bio says “1 Corinthians 2:9 “HIM13EFORE ME.”
And on Instagram, he recently posted a picture of himself with black crosses on his face with the caption, “In Jesus name. Amen.”
The image even caught the attention of Rev. Franklin Graham, who praised Tagovailoa on Facebook calling his public displays of faith “refreshing.”