The last time Alabama landed two quarterbacks was in the class of 2017 when both Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones signed on the dotted line with the Crimson Tide.

History could (sort of) repeat itself in 2019 as Alabama works to sign a pair of quarterbacks after not bringing one in on scholarship last cycle. Thursday saw Part I of that objective as four-star quarterback Paul Tyson committed to Alabama. Tide fans hope Part II involves Tua Tagovailoa’s younger brother Taulia, a four-star signal caller at Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson. And, according to Taulia’s father Galu, Tyson’s commitment won’t hurt the Tide’s chances to land his youngest son.

“We’re so supportive of Paul’s family and what they have done at the University,” Galu Tagovailoa said. “Prior to us coming here we’ve heard so many good things about the Tyson kid over at Hewitt. (Thompson head coach) Coach (Mark) Freeman speaks so highly about their family. The coaches at Alabama speak so highly about him. We haven’t met him personally, but he looks like such a good kid, such a respectful kid from what I see. We’re happy for them, and I don’t want to say it in a cocky way, but it doesn’t affect how Taulia feels (about Alabama). He enjoys the process right now. He’s still looking at other schools. But it has no effect on him with what’s going on. At the same time we’re so, so happy for the Paul’s family and we want to support them, too.”

4-star QB Taulia Tagovailoa

The Tide taking two quarterbacks this time around hasn’t been kept secret. In an interview on Thursday after Tyson committed, the UA legacy talked about how he welcomed the competition should Taulia also join the class.

Tyson’s decision to commit on Thursday won’t put any any pressure on Taulia to hurry his decision.

“Taulia is going to make a decision hopefully before the season starts,” Galu said. “That’s what we want because he wants to do the same thing as his brother. He doesn’t want to give any coaches any false hope on what’s going to happen. Once we sit down and talk about what he wants to do, we’ll move forward with that. Right now we’re concentrating on his training and his school because he wants to enroll early.”

Schools outside of Alabama in play for the four-star signal caller’s commitment include South Carolina, Tennessee, and Nebraska, to name a few. There hasn’t been a school Taulia has visited more than Alabama since moving stateside last spring.

The 247Sports Crystal Ball favors the Crimson Tide at 100 percent based off of 14 predictions.

At 5-foot-11, 203 pounds, Taulia is rated the No. 6 pro-style quarterback and the No. 178 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite rankings.

Last season — his first as starter at Thompson — Taulia passed for 3,820 yards and 36 touchdowns and eight interceptions.