The season-ending injury suffered last week by starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa means his younger brother, freshman Taulia Tagovailoa, will move up to the No. And while the plan was for Taulia to take this season as a redshirt, coach Nick Saban said that won’t happen. The younger Tagovailoa has appeared in four games for the Crimson Tide – the maximum he can play in and still redshirt. Saban said Taulia will play Saturday because he needs to see more time on the field. “When we had the unfortunate injury last week to Tua, that kind of negated the opportunity to be able to redshirt to Taulia.

Source: National Post November 22, 2019 20:59 UTC