The most valuable ankle in Alabama -- and the award-winning quarterback attached to it -- is traveling in style this week.
Alabama is using a private plane to transport quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who underwent ankle surgery earlier this week, during awards season so that he may continue treatment on that ankle without interruption, according to assistant athletic director Josh Maxson.
Tagovailoa arrived at the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday for the Home Depot College Football Awards show with his ankle in a boot and that boot resting on a scooter.
Also in the plane is Jeff Allen, the associate atheltic director for sports medicine, and the rehab equipment Tagovailoa needs for his treatment, Maxson said.