Alabama’s Tua: ‘If I didn’t play in the national championship game, I would transfer out’

When speaking to a group of seventh- and eighth-graders in his native Hawaii Thursday, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa revealed he considered transferring from Alabama before playing in January’s national championship game.

"Even throughout my football season, I wasn't the starter," Tagovailoa said, according to a report by Hawaii News Now. "I wanted to leave the school. So I told myself if I didn't play in the last game, which was the national championship game, I would transfer out.

"I called my dad and asked him if my offer to the University of Southern California was still available. I wanted to leave. I told my dad I wanted to go to a school where I thought it'd be easier for me and wouldn't challenge me so much...