Alabama quarterback commit Tua Tagovailoa was one of the most – if not the most – impressive signal callers at the Elite 11 Finals this past weekend in Los Angeles.

On Sunday, the Honolulu (Hawaii) St. Louis product put on a show in the 7-on-7 portion of competition, completing 12 of 13 passes for five touchdowns.

Quarterback guru George Whitfield, who has trained some of the top signal callers in the country, was in attendance and took notice of Tagovailoa’s performance.

“I was impressed, probably most impressed with him,” Whitfield told 247Sports’ Luke Stampini. “You know, you watch him on film and get an idea then you can’t wait to see how real is that.

“Here it’s not just like a camp where kids just came. This is like a shark tank. Through a very rigorous process, a thousand plus quarterbacks evaluated, two dozen drop in here and he outshines the two dozen. It just feels like Coach (Nick) Saban and the Tide got a steal, which is weird that they would steal something, but they got a steal with him.”

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Whitfield went on to give his evaluation on what he believes makes the Bama commit special.

“He does a real nice job of processing,” Whitfield said. “Which to me means at the same time you can see something you can slow down the mechanism of what’s going on around you. Then when he gets the understanding of what it is, he’s decisive about making a move, making the throw, and he just throws with conviction – just impressive.”

Tagovailoa, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound prospect is rated the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback and the No. 58 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He committed to Alabama in early May.

The Elite 11 (which is actually 12) quarterbacks will be announced on Monday at 11 a.m. CT, and there’s a very good chance Tagovailoa will be making his way to Oregon next month for The Opening Finals.

Tagovailoa travelled to Tuscaloosa last night and will be in attendance for UA’s camp this week.

247Sports' Luke Stampini contribute to this report.

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