Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer, according to a Friday report from 247Sports’ Chris Hummer.
Tagovailoa, the brother of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, ended his Maryland career as the Big Ten’s all-time leading passer with 11,256 career yards. He spent the past four years with Maryland after he spent his first year of college with his brother at Alabama in 2019.
The three-year starter threw for at least 3,000 yards in each of the past three years, including a career-high 3,860 yards and 26 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2021.
Tagovailoa is technically out of eligibility at the moment, but Hummer reported that he is seeking a waiver for an additional year. According to the report, the former Maryland quarterback will argue he burned a redshirt year in 2019 with the Crimson Tide when he played five games but twice only came on the field for two snaps.
Taulia Tagovaiola will seek a waiver for a sixth season of college football, as he burned a redshirt in 2019 playing in 5 games for Alabama — twice playing a total of 2 snaps.
One QB-needy school tells @chris_hummer it believed a waiver to be "unlikely."… pic.twitter.com/8NtMkMQan5
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Hummer reported that one school in the market for a new quarterback did not like Tagovailoa’s odds of getting an additional year.