For most of 2019, the most coveted NFL Draft prospect was Tua Tagovailoa. Tua would be the guy to solve any team’s quarterback problem. That premise changed last November with Tua’s hip injury. It was not like normal football injuries where players are expected to recover and return nearly or as good as before.
Against Mississippi State, Tua scrambled to his left and was taken down by two Mississippi State defenders. The play was clean, hard-nosed football. The injury was severe; a dislocated and fractured hip. One orthopedic expert, Dr. Lewis Levitt described the kind of force required to do so much damage “usually resulting from automobile accidents.