Is Tua the first Samoan quarterback?

Tua Tagovailoa is an American football player who has played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League since 2020. Tua Tagovailoa won the 2018 edition of the Maxwell Award and the 2018 edition of the Walter Camp Award.

Tua Tagovailoa is quite famous and is known to many as one of the members of the popular Samoan family.

Is Tua the first Samoan quarterback?

Tua Tagovailoa is not the first Samoan quarterback to ever play in the National Football League.

A number of the early Samoa American football quarterbacks who played in the National Football League include Jack Thompson and Joe Francis.

Nevertheless, Tua Tagovailoa is known to be the first Samoan quarterback to win college football’s national championship game.

Tua Tagovailoa is also the first Samoan to win the Sporting News College Football Player of the Year, the CFP national championship, and the CFP National Championship Offensive Most Valuable Player.

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