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Will Tua Be the NFL’s Next Great Lefty?

Tua Tagovailoa isn’t really lefthanded. He’s right-handed in most tasks—writing, eating, swinging a baseball bat or golf club, opening a can, dialing a phone. But when it comes to throwing a football or shooting a basketball, he is a lefty.

His dad, Galu Tagovailoa, is lefthanded, the only lefty in the family. When his son was young, around five years old, he decided to put the ball in Tua’s left hand so he wouldn’t be the lone lefty in the family anymore. Surprisingly, it stuck.

“It just became fluent and he just grew into it,” Galu Tagovailoa told AL.