{"id":317286,"date":"2023-07-19T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317286"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:57:33","slug":"dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-donates-equipment-to-miami-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317286","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa donates equipment to Miami high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the rising stars in the NFL is Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who is coming off a breakout 2022 season. Despite having missed several games due to concussions, Tagovailoa still managed to total 3,548 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, and a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nfl\/ask\/nfl-qb-rating-leaders-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">league-best 105.5 passer rating<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tua also led the league in touchdown percentage (6.3%) and yards per attempt (8.9) and posted some very impressive advanced stats, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tua&#039;s 2022 season:<\/p>\n<p>#1 in YPA (8.9)<br \/>#1 in deep pass EPA\/att (+0.92)<br \/>#2 in EPA\/att (+0.18)<br \/>#2 in first down rate (38.5%)<br \/>#2 in third down EPA\/att (+0.29)<br \/>#2 in passer rating (105.5)<br \/>#3 in TD\/att (6.3%)<br \/>#4 in red zone success rate (48.1%)<br \/>#5 in success rate (48.7%) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDB0V08B5o\">pic.twitter.com\/RDB0V08B5o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharpFootball\/status\/1680977031004053505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even as he excels on the field, Tua is paying it forward off of it. Earlier this week Tagovailoa surprised students at Miami Edison High School (Fla.) by donating $65,000 worth of equipment and uniforms in partnership with Gatorade and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/community\/impact-report#:~:text=Creating%20equity%20and%20belonging%20in%20sports%20starts%20with,to%20underserved%20communities%2C%20and%20elevate%20diverse%20role%20models.\">Equity in Sports<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Tua also played QB for a while as the team went through drills. Afterward, he shared some wisdom with the young athletes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2023\/07\/18\/tua-tagovailoa-of-miami-dolphins-goes-1-on-1-with-palm-beach-post\/70424501007\/\">per the Palm Beach Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The hardest thing is to be out here when everyone else isn&#8217;t&#8230; To do the hard, grind work. Do the things it takes to be great. Dream big. Work on your dream&#8230; Listen to the people that matter&#8230; Your grandparents. Your parents. Your uncles. Your aunties. Your big brother. Big sister. Do something big for your family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of Tagovailoa surprising the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gatorade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gatorade<\/a>, surprises football players at Miami Edison High with an appearance and equipment for the school\u2019s athletics program. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Vi6W2kCJC\">pic.twitter.com\/7Vi6W2kCJC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Furones (@DavidFurones_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidFurones_\/status\/1681395199518425089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>More football stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/miami-hurricanes-gets-surprise-commitment-from-5-star-wr-joshisa-trader\">Miami (FL) gets surprise commitment from 5-star WR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/florida-high-school-football-star-charged-as-adult-in-double-shooting\">Florida HS football star charged as adult in double shooting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tua also played QB for a while as the team went through drills.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317288,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317286\/revisions\/317288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}