Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa states SEC school used him $1.5M to transfer

Ever been provided $1.5 million to take the exactsame task at a various business? 

Well, Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa has.

Tagovailoa stated at Big Ten media day Thursday that’s how much an unnamed SEC school provided him to transfer and signupwith their program.

While he confessed that the figure was “eye-opening,” Tagovailoa stated after talkingabout the matter with Tua Tagovailoa, his bro and quarterback of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, that he was too pleased at Maryland to leave just for cash.

“It would be tough for me to go to another location and not be delighted however have all the cash in the world,” Tagovailoa informed The Athletic. “[I’d rather] be at a location where perhaps I puton’t have as much, however I’m delighted, and I’m here to work.”

Tagovailoa and the Terrapins are coming off an eight-win season (4-5 in Big Ten play), their finest single-season win amountto giventhat 2010 (nine). Maryland completed the season on a high note, pounding NC State in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, 16-12.

The Terrapins boasted one of the finest offenses in the Big Ten last season, averaging 259.8 passing lawns (third in Big Ten), 141.3 hurrying lawns (seventh), 401.2 overall backyards (fourth) and 28.2 points (tied for 4th) per videogame. Meanwhile, Tagovailoa amountedto 3,008 passing backyards, 18 passing goals, 8 interceptions and a 142.7 passer score, finishing 67% of his passes. The year previous, Tagovailoa tossed for 3,860 backyards and 26 goals.

So which SEC school used Tagovailoa $1.5 million?

Alabama is gettingin Year 1 of the post-Bryce Young age, and Taulia started his college profession at Alabama togetherwith Tua. Could Nick Saban not be offered on his quarterback space? Texas A&M can’t be ruled out, particularly consideringthat Saban stated they purchased their whole recruiting class a year earlier. Maybe Tennessee desires somebody to come in and push Joe Milton? Florida has published back-to-back losing seasons, so possibly the more, the merrier?

Tagovailoa and Maryland kick off the 2023 season at house versus Towson on Sept. 2, with its veryfirst Big Ten videogame coming on the roadway versus Michigan State on Sept. 23.