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Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa (born May 9, 1999) is an American football defensive end who is currently a graduate assistant for the LSU Tigers. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Early life and high schoolTagovailoa-Amosa, originally from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, began playing football at Kapolei High School where he highlighted his defensive qualities, also due to his physical qualities (about 120 kilos in weight and 189 centimeters in height), which attracted the attention of many colleges: Vanderbilt, Hawaii, Oregon State, Navy, Utah State, Army, Air Force, Georgia Tech, Virginia, USC, Oregon and Washington offered scholarships to Tagovailoa-Amosa to play for their football teams,[1] but, in 2017, Tagovailoa-Amosa chose to commit to play at Notre Dame.[2][3] College careerAlready in his first season with Notre Dame, Tagovailoa-Amosa played in every game, although never as a starter, while in the 2018 season, Tagovailoa-Amosa only played two games due to a foot injury that kept him out for the rest of the year.[4] This also meant that Tagovailoa-Amosa missed the only opportunity to clash on the field with his brother Adam in the scheduled match that year against the Naval Academy.[5] From the 2019 season Tagovailoa-Amosa was a regular starter and played all the matches. In 2021, he was named team captain.[6] On December 29, 2021, Tagovailoa-Amosa was invited to participate in the East–West Shrine Bowl,[7] an all-star college football game played on February 3, 2022 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, in which he played as a starter in the defense of the team West.[8] On January 9, 2022, Tagovailoa-Amosa declared himself eligible for the 2022 NFL draft,[9] forgoing the additional year of college football afforded to athletes who played the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season.[10] College statistics
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Las Vegas RaidersTagovailoa-Amosa was not chosen during the 2022 NFL draft and on May 12, 2022, signed a one-year, $207,000 contract with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent.[14][15] 2022 seasonOn August 30, 2022, Tagovailoa-Amosa did not return to the active roster and was released by the Raiders[16] before signing with the practice squad the following day.[17] On November 3, 2022, Tagovailoa-Amosa was placed on the injured list, ending his rookie season prematurely.[18] Coaching careerOn July 9, 2024, Tagovailoa-Amosa was hired to join the coaching staff for the LSU Tigers as a defensive graduate assistant.[19] Personal lifeTagovailoa-Amosa is a first cousin of Miami Dolphins quarterback and former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa,[20] while his older brother Adam Amosa-Tagovailoa played as an offensive tackle for the Navy Midshipmen.[21] The difference in the surname with his brother Adam is the result of the profound attachment to the Samoan roots of their family: they are both sons of Tulileie and Saipeti Amora, with their mother, daughter of the great chief Seu Tagovailoa, who wanted one of her nephews to carry on the name of the own family and so it was that Myron already had a double surname at birth, unlike his brother Adam who only had his father's (Amosa). When Seu Tagovailoa died in 2014, his mother Saiupeti wanted all her children to have their grandfather's surname and so Adam also changed his to Amosa-Tagovailoa.[5] References
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