Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa showed off the recovery progress of his injured throwing hand while in California for the Steve Clarkson Quarterback Retreat. And all seems well.

It was just one video of one throw, but it’s more than Tagovailoa did to end the Crimson Tide’s spring practices in April. There is also no wrapping or brace on his left hand, which is a good sign.

While in his native Hawaii recently, he updated his injured hand.

“It’s doing good,” Tagovailoa told Hawaii News Now. “We got the opportunity to find someone down here (in Honolulu), and we’re doing rehab with him. So far we’re good, we’re on track. I just can’t wait to get the ball rolling. Once I start throwing again, I feel we should be fine.”

After Alabama’s second scrimmage of the spring, head coach Nick Saban said Tagovailoa suffered “a little setback” to his previously-injured throwing hand and eventually ruled him out the rest of the spring, leaving the quarterback duties to Jalen Hurts and Mac Jones.

Saban made the decision to start Tagovailoa, then a true freshman, in the second half of the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Hurts started the game -- his 28th in an Alabama uniform -- but the Tide trailed Georgia, 13-0, at halftime and needed a spark on the offensive side of the football. And so in came the former 5-star recruit.

After missing the spring, and with a healthy hand, Tagovailoa will be back in Tuscaloosa this fall to resume competition with Hurts for the starting job behind center. Having replaced Hurts in the title game after primarily seeing the field in late-game game action, he was asked if his mentality changes entering his sophomore season as the possible starter?

“My mentality doesn’t,” Tagovailoa said. “I’ve just got to keep working. I think once it gets to me, that’s when I’m going to start to go downhill. I think I’ve just got to keep doing what I’ve done thus far, keep working and you’ve just got to compete, no matter what.

“And I think competing against myself, trying to get myself better every day is the best way. And you’ve got guys like Jalen and Mac Jones, you guys had the opportunity to see them in the spring game, and being able to compete against those guys throughout the fall, I think, is going to be really good for Alabama fans to see.”

The Steve Clarkson Quarterback Retreat is a two-day quarterback training camp designed to prepare the country’s top young signal callers for the next level. It is open to third- to 12th-grade players, features exhibitions and has recently been led by Clarkson and collegiate counselors including Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, Brett Hundley, as well as several others.

This year, Tagovailoa, Georgia’s Jake Fromm, Texas’ Sam Ehlinger and Arizona’s Khalil Tate were some of the counselors at the Steve Clarkson Quarterback Retreat.

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