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Hoover quarterback outduels Tagovailoa in marquee game

Add a name to the list.

Maybe not at the top of list -- not yet anyway -- but some extra space is needed.

If this is the Year of the Quarterback in Alabama, then we need to officially add someone to the party who might have been overlooked before the season started.

Hoover junior quarterback Robby Ashford shouldn't be overlooked anymore.

All the hype at the beginning of this football season surrounded three prep stars at quarterback in addition to the state's big names at the college level. There was Bo Nix of Pinson Valley, who is committed to Auburn, and then there were the two Alabama commitments, Taulia Tagovailoa of Thompson and Paul Tyson at Hewitt-Trussville.