Former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who declared last week for the 2020 NFL Draft, is expected to be healthy by April and able to participate in a throwing workout for prospective teams.

Longtime NFL agent Leigh Steinberg, whom Tagovailoa hired last week, told AL.com on Tuesday that Tagovailoa is expected to hold about a 40-minute session in which he makes 60-80 throws in front of scouts.

If Tagovailoa is ready, that session could happen at Alabama’s pro day in March. If not, he could hold a separate pro day closer to the draft, which begins April 23 in Las Vegas.

“The [intention] there is the ball never touches the ground and I think he’s gonna blow away teams in that process,” Steinberg said.

Tagovailoa underwent surgery in November to repair a dislocated hip and associated fracture. Steinberg said Tuesday that doctors continue to be “quite sure” he will make a full recovery.

In the meantime, Tagovailoa continues to rest. He will travel to the Super Bowl in Miami next month with teammate Jerry Jeudy, who also signed with Steinberg, and take part in Steinberg’s party as well as radio row interviews.

“They’ll meet people at the Super Bowl from all areas of football -- coaches, general managers, owners,” Steinberg said. “It’s a convention of America.”

Steinberg stressed that he will maintain “very steady communication” and “transparency” with NFL teams during Tagovailoa’s recovery and pre-draft process.

“It’s total honesty with teams,” he said.

That will continue at the combine in Indianapolis beginning Feb. 25, where Tagovailoa will go through interviews with teams but will not participate in drills or throw.

But as the draft approaches, the expectation is Tagovailoa will be able to participate in a pro day and take part in individual on-campus workouts for teams.

“What Tua has going for him, incredibly, is first of all that athletes tend to have -- if they play football -- they have bodies that heal at amazing rates,” Steinberg said. "The recuperative power is not similar to an average person. They wouldn’t have made it this far in football if they were. The second thing is that he’s really young.

"You combine those two things, and we expect he will be healthy and working out by April.”

While Tagovailoa’s season-ending injury during a Nov. 16 game at Mississippi State initially raised questions about his playing future, Steinberg does not view the quarterback’s situation as much different than other players who enter the draft with injury-related concerns.

“Let’s remember he played football, not croquet. It was not chess. He was not hurt hang gliding in Baja California or boogie boarding," he said. "It’s doing exactly what he’s supposed to be doing as a player. I would guess roughly a third of the players who come out of their senior season may need an operation, may need something.

“This is not unusual. Teams are very used to dealing with the fact that players are hurt and they’ll come along. The draft is a projection as to what a player will be over the next 10-12 years. It’s not necessarily a merit badge for great college performance.”

As for where Tagovailoa will be drafted, Steinberg was open to a similar path to that of another of his clients, Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City Chiefs selected Mahomes at No. 10 in 2017 and he sat behind starter Alex Smith for a year before exploding onto the scene last season.

“The position is so critical now, and there are a number of teams that you would think would be in market for quarterbacks," he said. "Then it’s just going to be a match. Our hope is not simply that he goes high, but he goes to a team with great ownership, good management, great coaching -- that puts him in a position to have a long-term future filled with success.

"If he ends up going somewhere and would have to sit for a year -- that’s what Patrick Mahomes did, that’s what Aaron Rodgers did, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer -- that’s not the worst thing in the world either.”