It's inevitable for Alabama fans to watch quarterback commits Paul Tyson of Hewitt-Trussville and Thompson's Taulia Tagovailoa to gauge the future quarterback battle between the two.

For now, though, both remain in high school, and they got off to strong starts to 2018, at least statistically speaking, in Week 1 of Alabama's high school football season.

On Friday, Tagovailoa threw for 385 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-7 victory over James Clemens in the AHSAA Champions Challenge at Montgomery's Cramton Bowl. He had 309 passing yards at halftime.

Thompson goes up 14-0 on this TD pass pic.twitter.com/CTIfXz27rN — AHSAA (@AHSAAUpdates) August 25, 2018

On Saturday, Tyson completed 31-of-47 passes for 404 yards and four touchdowns in a 34-30 loss to Cedar Grove (Ga.) in a game televised by ESPN. Tyson drove the Huskies deep into Cedar Grove territory twice in the fourth quarter, but one drive ended in a blocked field goal and his fourth-down pass in the end zone fell incomplete to end the other.

So, Tyson threw for slightly more yardage, but Tagovailoa got a victory.

WATCH @HuskyFast QB Paul Tyson, head coach @joshfloydHT , and @HewittAthletics AD @HT_Huskies_AD talk after the Huskies' disappointing 34-30 loss to Cedar Grove, GA. Sponsored by Hemphill Services. pic.twitter.com/cGPHuhxl1O — Husky Fast Network (@HuskyFastNet) August 26, 2018

Both Alabama commitments enjoyed a better opener than Auburn commit and Pinson Valley quarterback Bo Nix, who finished 20-for-41 passing for 210 yards and a touchdown in a 52-14 loss to Hoover.

Nix threw incomplete on his first five passes and had several passes dropped, but he showcased his arm strength and mobility on an 18-yard touchdown pass to Keyonteze Johnson.

Despite the loss, Nix also showed his ability to execute run/pass option plays -- known as RPOs in today's football parlance -- and completed a number of those throws with Hoover defenders in his face.

Whoa. @bo_nix10 w/perfect throw in the run for 1st TD pass of 2018@BucsFootball 14, @PinsonValley 7 w/3:09 to go in 1st half#alpreps pic.twitter.com/InbDg7hUxN — Josh Bean (@jbeanpoll) August 25, 2018

Alabama has two other SEC quarterback commits in the Class of 2019 -- James Clemens senior and Vandy commit Jamil Muhammad and Central-Phenix City senior and LSU commit Peter Parrish.

Muhammed finished 17-of-25 for 258 yards and a 16-yard TD pass in Friday's loss to Thompson. It was his first regular-season game since missing 2017 with a knee injury.

Parrish split time with teammate Tyler Melton in the Red Devils' 42-18 victory over Mays (Ga.) on Saturday and did not throw a touchdown pass.