Tua Tagovailoa announced his return to the football world Monday night with videos of himself throwing and moving around on his Instagram and Twitter accounts. It was his first scheduled passing workout since he suffered a dislocated hip injury back in mid-November.

The videos were posted one month ahead of the 2020 NFL Draft, where the former Alabama quarterback is projected to be a top-10 pick. How early he hears his name called has long depended on how his hip has recovered in a five-month span and based on the videos, which caught the attention of the NFL on Monday, he is well on his way to his old self, according to Chris Cabott, one of Tagovailoa’s two agents at Steinberg Sports & Entertainment.

“The biggest question was always health,” Cabott told BamaOnLine. “Could he return to game form? And obviously he has. When the video was out there yesterday of him moving around and him twitching the way that he was, we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback there. I never talk publically about private conversations, but I can say that the feedback from the NFL world has been overwhelmingly positive. I think that video alone answered a lot of questions.”

Practicing social distancing with the long ball today. Feels good to spin it again. #Process pic.twitter.com/BZnBF7Sfdc — Tua. T ???? (@Tuaamann) March 24, 2020

Tagovailoa was set to throw in front of NFL teams on April 9, but pro days across the country, including in Tuscaloosa, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. To make up for what would have been a heavily-attended workout, Tagovailoa’s representation is working with each team on what they need to complete their evaluation of the quarterback.

Those that follow Tagovailoa on social media should expect more training footage from the Ewa Beach, Hawaii, native. But his visits to NFL teams have had to be rescheduled and reformatted so that they can meet with Tagovailoa but not in person due to the coronavirus.

“Where previously guys were coming in and meeting one-on-one with the GM, the head coach, their respective coordinator, respective position coach, etc., now we’re doing all those over Skype, FaceTime, Webex, Zoom, things like that,” Cabott said. “So, the teams have done a really nice job of adjusting, and our athletes have been phenomenal, really, really adjusting and readjusting to those different requirements.”

At the NFL Scouting Combine, Tagovailoa said he would be cleared to do everything March 9, which has already passed. He has received rave reviews from his scheduled medical exams up to this point, and with the draft now a month away, there aren’t many more hurdles for the former 5-star recruit to clear outside of his Combine recheck, which has been affected.

“I think in Tua’s case, the reports coming out of the Combine were glowing,” Cabott said. “Obviously, that hip was thoroughly checked, as well as any other injuries that he ever had, and he came out A++. Then he had some rechecks at the four-month mark, and everything came out A++. From that perspective, there isn’t anything else out there, other than the Combine recheck date, which has been cancelled, but we’re now going to do those scans locally. That will be in early April. The league office is rescheduling that right now.

“But from this perspective, Tua is full sail.”

Cabott said Tagovailoa was beaming with happiness during his passing workout on Monday, as he was just glad to be back on the field, playing a sport that he loves. And so were analysts all across the NFL landscape that were pleasantly surprised to see this progress from Tagovailoa less than five months after his college career ended in a game at Mississippi State.

But the 10-second video on Twitter provided the 40-plus thousand people that viewed it with a glimpse at the player Tagovailoa was before his junior year was plagued by setbacks.

“I said yesterday, if I were in a coma for a year and didn’t know what had happened and just walked in and saw him throw, I would’ve never have thought he was previously injured,” Cabott said. “So, the reality of it is Alabama and its medical staff, led by Dr. (Lyle) Cain, have done a tremendous job, and then obviously the surgeon that worked on him and our medical re-check doctor, just everyone from the physical therapy and the medical staff have done an incredible job.

“Obviously, Tua has done an incredible job, working as hard as he can to get back to that shape, and kudos to Trent Dilfer’s staff and everyone there that’s been working with Tua to help him get back. It’s really been a team effort. Everyone’s done a great job. I think he’s returned to the level that everyone suspected.”

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