'Tua' Review: Touching Tale of Family, Faith and Football

The documentary on Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is set the debut on FOX on Sept. 6

Tua Tagovailoa has become a transcendent figure in football because of his well-documented career at the University of Alabama and recovery from his hip injury, but the documentary on the Miami Dolphins quarterback goes deeper with an in-depth look at what makes him tick.

The nearly hour-long documentary "Tua" will debut Sunday, Sept. 6 at p.m. ET on FOX and provide a great look at the fifth overall selection in the 2020 NFL draft.

The documentary goes well beyond football, with its primary theme being family, mainly Tagovailoa's relationship with his late grandfather and the role his father played in his football career.

The documentary is supplemented by eight episodes of "Tua Talks" on the FOX Sports mobile app and website.

"Tua" chronicles Tagovailoa's rise from high school star to the University of Alabama, where he played under former Dolphins coach Nick Saban, and his journey to the 2020 draft and the intense rehab program he had to go through.

While Tagovailoa always has projected positivity in his media appearances, the documentary showed a different side of Tagovailoa dealing with some frustrating times when his car was destroyed by a tornado in Nashville in the offseason.

The documentary also examines Tagovailoa's working relationship with former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, himself the sixth overall pick in the 1993 draft, who told him upon first meeting him at the 2016 Elite 11 camp that he had no discipline.

By the time the camp was over, Tagovailoa had been named 2016 Elite 11 MVP, setting the stage for his final year of high school football.

"If you're around him, you just know good things are coming," Dilfer says at one point.

The football highlights are plenty, including Tagovailoa's brilliant performance in the second half of the 2018 BCS title game when he came off the bench as a true freshman to rally Alabama to a 26-23 victory against Georgia, throwing a 41-yard game-winning touchdown pass in overtime after taking a 16-yard sack on first down from the 25-yard line.

Draft day 2020 also is heavily featured and shows Tua going to a lake in Ohatchee, Alabama, to pray. The scenes involving his family before and after is selection by the Dolphins are touching.

The documentary ends with Tagovailao talking about promises he has made to his grandfather. The credits come along with outtakes from Tua and those close to him, interspersed with fan reaction shots after he was drafted.

The documentary is broken into four chapters: "The Prophecy," "The Lion and the Gazelle," "The Eagle and the Eaglet," and "Tagovailoa."

It's a well-done documentary that will give Dolphins fans — everybody, really — a different look at the young star.