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Cause for concern? Tua Tagovailoa seems to tweak knee injury on last play vs. Tennessee
By Adam Spencer
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Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa has been incredible this season, and is easily the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.
However, he’s also been battling a knee injury the past couple of weeks, and it seemed to act up on him again against Tennessee.
After taking a 42-14 lead at halftime against the Vols, Tagovailoa returned to the field in the third quarter, and that may have been a mistake. As you can see below, he went down and was slow to get up after this touchdown pass:
*checks watch*
yep, it's about time for another Alabama touchdown pic.twitter.com/D6kETH4TBJ— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) October 20, 2018
That seemingly ended Tagovailoa’s day, as Jalen Hurts took over on the next series. And what a day it was for the sophomore quarterback — 306 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
Tagovailoa now has a bye to get healthy, and he’ll need to be at full strength if the Tide are going to continue to be dominant. A trip to LSU to face the Tigers’ ferocious defense awaits after the bye.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.