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Report: Tua Tagovailoa's Injuries Creating 'Persistent' Talk of Draft-Day Slide

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Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa is almost universally considered a top-tier quarterback prospect in next week's NFL draft from April 23 to 25, but Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported Tuesday that there's chatter he could go outside of the top 10 because of his injury history:

"But the talk has become too persistent and widespread to ignore. It comes from a combination of Tua's three lower-body injuries in three college seasons, lingering questions about his recovery from last year’s hip surgery, and scuttlebutt regarding other potential physical red flags.