Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins

After his fifth-year option was picked up by the Dolphins in March 2023, Tua admitted to reporters that he was considering retiring after the injury-plagued 2022 season.

And most of all, because he had so many wonderful things to do at home.

“No one ever made my private life public. But this is worth posting,” Tua wrote on July 17, 2023. Share a one-time snap of his love anna tagovailoa. “Happy first anniversary to my beautiful wife. I love you.”

in It’s rare to get a peek into his world outside the field.Tua told reporters in November 2022 that he is grateful for his wife and newborn baby (son). aceborn in August 2022, debuted in public (at the Tua Foundation Luau Benefit in April of the following year).

“It’s very unique how having a child affects the way you look at things in life. It’s something I’ve never experienced,” Tua said. “Whether you’re having a boy or a girl first, everyone’s experience is different, so there’s no strategy for this.”

Having said that, he added: “I thank my Heavenly Father that I had a boy first. Oh, well, I don’t know what I would do if I had a girl. I think it would be a little harder because I don’t necessarily know what to do.”

Tua and Anna welcome their daughter Maisie.