For a second consecutive day, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa appeared on a preseason watch list -- this time, the Davey O’Brien Award for the nation’s top collegiate signal caller.

The Crimson Tide junior was among 30 quarterbacks on the watch list, which was announced Tuesday. Tagovailoa is joined by eight semifinalists from last year in Notre Dame’s Ian Book, Mason Fine of North Texas, Georgia’s Jake Fromm, Justin Herbert of Oregon, Houston’s D’Eriq King, Trevor Lawrence of Clemson, Utah State’s Jordan Love and Shea Patterson of Michigan.

Tagovailoa entered the 2018 season as Alabama’s starting quarterback after leading the Tide to a come-from-behind, overtime win over Georgia in the national title game. With a mountain of expectations placed on his shoulders after that performance, the Ewa Beach, Hawaii, native lived up to the offseason hype as he was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Maxwell Award winner, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year and a consensus All-American.

That’s all because Tagovailoa put together one of the most prolific seasons for a quarterback in Alabama football history last year and etched his name all over the program’s record book. He now owns the single-season passing touchdowns record with 43 across 15 games, the record for passing yards in a season at 3,966 and his 245 completions is good for fourth in UA history.

Tagovailoa led the country with a 199.4 passer efficiency rating and led the SEC with 48 total touchdowns, 43 of which came through the air to lead the SEC and rank second in the nation. He totaled 4,156 yards of total offense, good for second in the SEC and top-10 nationally, despite not playing a majority of the second halves of UA’s games. Through the air, he sported a 69.0 completion percentage on 245-of-355 passing and totaled 3,966 yards and 43 touchdowns with only six interceptions. He added 57 rushes and 190 yards with five scores on the ground.

“I think Tua’s a generational talent,” Elite 11 head coach Trent Dilfer said this past season. “I mean, I’ve said this over and over and over. I said it a year and a half ago before he got to Alabama. I think that he’s a kid that can go through his college career and never lose a game, considering where he’s at. I mean, he’s that good. The best I’ve ever seen.”

An Alabama quarterback has actually never won the Davey O’Brien Award, dating back to its establishment in 1977. Tagovailoa was a finalist last year, as was AJ McCarron back in 2013.

Alabama players on preseason watch lists:

Maxwell Award -- Najee Harris, Jerry Jeudy Tua Tagovailoa

Chuck Bednarik Award -- Raekwon Davis, Dylan Moses

Davey O’Brien Award -- Tua Tagovailoa

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