- A dynamic playmaker who is putting together one of the most prolific seasons for a quarterback in Alabama football history
- A leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy and a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year and Maxwell Award
- Quarterbacks the nation's No. 2 scoring offense (47.9 ppg) and No. 3 total offense (527.6 ypg) with the No. 6 passing offense (325.5 ypg)
- Completed 67.7 percent of his passes for 3,989 yards and 37 passing touchdowns (tied for third in NCAA) while playing just 67.6 percent of Alabama's snaps and sitting out a majority of the second halves in 2018
- Faced six defenses ranked in the top 40 of the S&P+ Defensive Rankings and four in the top 20
- If Tua had played 100 percent of Alabama's snaps this season, his totals would multiply out to 4,960 yards and 55 TDs in 13 games (67.7 percent of 866 snaps)
- No. 2 nationally with a 202.3 passer efficiency rating and paces the SEC with 42 total touchdowns while throwing just four interception in 294 attempts
- Ranks second nationally with a 139.92 NFL passer rating
- Tied for second nationally in fewest interceptions (4)
- No. 2 nationally in yards per attempt (11.4) and yards per completion (16.9)
- No. 3 nationally in touchdown passes (37)
- Guided the Alabama offense to scores on 69-of-109 drives (63.3 percent) of his drives this season
- Alabama has won 12 of its 13 games this season by at least 20 points, the first team to do that since Yale in 1888
- Alabama has outscored its opponents 495-127 at the point where Tagovailoa exits the game
- That is an average lead of 38.1-9.8 – an average lead of 28.3 points – when Tagovailoa exits
- If Tua were to play every snap in all 15 possible games this year, he would be on pace to throw for 5,730 yards and 63 touchdowns
"It's like when Tigers Woods was in his prime – it's just, what are you going to do? It's Tiger Woods, he has a red shirt on, it's Sunday and he's up by 8 strokes ... That's where Tua is in this offense right now." -- Kirk Herbstreit