Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will miss the rest of the 2019 season with a dislocated hip.

Tagovailoa suffered a hip injury -- and a bloody nose -- during the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., and was taken to Birmingham to undergo further tests for what coach Nick Saban called “a freak thing that you seldom see.”

Team orthopedic surgeon Lyle Cain released the following statement regarding Tagovailoa:

“Tua Tagovailoa sustained a right hip dislocation that was immediately reduced at the stadium. He is undergoing further testing to determine the best course of treatment. He is expected to make a full recovery but will miss the remainder of the season.”

Tagovailoa was a game-time decision entering the game at Davis Wade Stadium after he dealt with soreness in his right ankle following last week’s LSU game. The Ewa Beach, Hawaii, native, played all 60 minutes against the Tigers only 20 days removed from a tightrope surgery to repair a high ankle sprain he suffered in the Tennessee game back on Oct. 19.

Tagovailoa was limited in practice this past week, doing more as the week progressed, and then looked good enough during pregame warmups on Saturday to lead Saban to play him.

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa

“He was at least as good as he was a week ago in terms of his ability to move, and I didn’t think that anything that he did affected his performance in this game in the first half,” Saban said. “So, the guy played, and I thought he played really well. We hate it that he got injured. We hate it for him. We hate it for his family. I hate it if any player on our team gets injured. So, Godspeed to him and his entire family, and our thoughts and prayers are with him.

“Hopefully, this is not so serious that it has any longterm effect on his future as a player.”

Tagovailoa’s injury occurred just before halftime with Alabama leading 35-7. His backup, redshirt sophomore Mac Jones, was warming up on the sideline, but Tagovailoa returned to the field to run the Tide’s 2-minute offense and try to score on six straight possessions. Instead, Tagovailoa was sacked, his nose was bloodied and his season is now in jeopardy.

After the game, Saban was asked about the value of doing that instead of taking a 28-point lead -- and now in hindsight, a healthy starting quarterback -- to the locker room in Starkville.

“I don’t really make a lot of decisions based on worrying about guys getting hurt,” Saban said. “... The way I look at this whole thing is Tua’s our No. 1 quarterback. If he’s physically able to play, we wanted to play him in the game. That’s what he wanted to do, and that’s what our team wanted to do. If I would know that anything bad was going to happen, I certainly wouldn’t have put him in that situation, but we’re a team.

“And we’re a team that’s trying to get better in the longterm, in the long run to see if we can finish the season the way we want, and I hate it that the guy got hurt.”

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