Like the biggest 'what if' in pro sport, Bo Jackson, I think this young Samoan's

[theking]

..football life is likely done too??  :

Bo Jackson and Tua Tagovailoa suffered the same injury. Unfortunately, one wasn’t a pro.



In the immediate aftermath of a visually gut-wrenching injury suffered Saturday by Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, a comparison was made to how all-around great athlete Bo Jackson’s football career ended: a similar tackle that resulted in a similarly dislocated hip.

Then, a few doctors weighed in and pointed out that it was ultimately a lack of blood flow to Jackson’s injury that damaged his hip so severely that he could no longer electrify a football field. Tagovailoa’s dislocated hip was treated before avascular necrosis, the death of bone tissue because of a lack of blood supply, set in.

But it wasn’t that comparison between the two players that was most important from a broader perspective. Instead, it was a contrast between the two that should have been pointed out.

Tagovailoa suffered his hip dislocation, for which he will undergo surgery Monday, as a college football player. Jackson suffered his hip dislocation, which required surgery, in the NFL.

[ProudLao]

Tua should recover fully since he’s young and a different position that Bo. His draft stock will slip though.