He is a quarterback with championship aspirations on the field, but Tua Tagovailoa carries himself with a purpose that is bigger than football.
Prior to him leading the University of Alabama to Kyle Field to face Texas A&M, the young man of faith blessed a family in autographing a football and a jersey for its 12-year-old son that tragically lost his life to a gunshot wound in the head.
John Jones, a native of Phenix City, Ala., was the boy in question and the incident happened on Friday, Oct. 4.
He was pronounced dead on Sunday, Oct.