Tua Tagovailoa has been the subject of questions about his health in the final weeks leading up to the NFL draft later this month.

Days after former NFL general manager Mike Tannebaum said it would be “irresponsible” to draft Tagovailoa in the top 10 picks because of medical concerns, former NFL GM Mike Lombardi noted two teams have failed Tagovailoa medically and opined “the risk far outweighs the reward” because Tagovailoa “can’t stay healthy.”

Maryland coach Mike Locksley, who served as Alabama’s co-offensive coordinator in 2017 and offensive coordinator in 2018, hosted an Instagram Live show Friday evening in which Tagovailoa was a guest.

Locksley said the questions about Tagovailoa “threw him off" and asked Tagovailoa about those who believe he is injury-prone.

“I’m not playing badminton,” Tagovailoa said. “I’m not on the swim team. This is a physical sport. You’re gonna get hurt. That just comes with it. It’s just very unfortunate I got hurt each season. It’s a part of the game. It’s a contact sport. I can only control what I can control. I can’t control that.”

Tagovailoa did seem to acknowledge there could be a risk for any team drafting him.

“I’ll play for whoever takes me," he said when asked if he preferred a particular landing spot in the draft. "I just want to play, man. It doesn’t matter what organization I go to, man. I just want to play. I look forward to playing under any organization that is willing to take a chance on me.”

Tagovailoa also commented on his Thursday pro day hosted by his trainer, former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, in Nashville that was videotaped and sent to NFL teams. ESPN posted footage of the workout Friday morning.

“I thought it went pretty good, given the circumstances," Tagovailoa said. "We only had so much of the field to work with.

“A lot of the guys came out. We had a guy whose name was Kalija [Lipscomb], who was from Vandy. Jerry [Jeudy] flew in to be able to catch. We had multiple other guys that came in to catch, as well.”

The NBC Sports website ProFootballTalk wrote Friday that Tagovailoa’s pro day violated Tennessee’s stay-at-home order put in place because of the coronavirus outbreak.

“We did it all under the precaution of the 10 people limit,” Tagovailoa said to Locksley. "There was about a total of six or seven of us. It was all good. I appreciated everyone who kind of helped get that together.”

“A lot of the people in Nashville have been very gracious to open up some of their facilities to me and my trainer. So there was probably a total of three of us in the gym we’re allowed to work out in. A lot of the guys there were generous to open up their facilities, not just their gym. It allowed us to be able to go in and throw and also have a pro day. So that was good.”