TUA BEING TUA TMZSports.com
Despite suffering yet another scary head injury, Tua Tagovailoa is still going to try to return to the NFL -- so says his close family friend, Manti Te'o.
The former New Orleans Saints linebacker made the revelation to us out in Los Angeles this week -- some 21 days after Tagovailoa sustained his third diagnosed concussion in a "Thursday Night Football" matchup with the Bills.
Te'o says while he's tried to give the 26-year-old signal-caller his space as he recovers from the brain trauma .