Dolphins exercise Tua Tagovailoa's 5th-year option; QB will make more than $23M in 2024: report

The Miami Dolphins are committed to Tua Tagovailoa for the adjacent mates seasons. 

The squad exercised Tagovailoa's fifth-year option, sources confirmed to the NFL Network.

The Dolphins had until May 2 to determine whether to prime up the quarterback's option.

Despite aggregate caput injuries passim the 2022 season, Tagovailoa acceptable vocation highs successful passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. He besides led the NFL successful passer standing past season.

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Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa aims a walk during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Atlanta Falcons Oct. 24, 2021, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tagovailoa was sidelined for 5 games past play aft helium suffered 2 concussions implicit the people of the year. He was ruled retired for the Dolphins playoff crippled against the Bills.

Head manager Mike McDaniel has consistently spoken highly astir the benignant of subordinate helium believes Tagovailoa is.

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"I deliberation it's important to admit that we person a congruence of involvement by the Dolphins and the subordinate — Tua — that some parties truly privation him to play astatine a precise precocious level for a agelong clip for the Miami Dolphins," McDaniel said past month.

General manager Chris Grier has besides expressed assurance successful the 2020 No. 5 wide draught pick.

"I would accidental with Tua, helium is our starting quarterback," Grier told reporters successful January. "I mean, I don't cognize however we tin accidental it immoderate much clearly. We've been that mode done this play and what he's done. What Mike and Tua, (Darrell) Bevell, Chandler (Henley), the coaching unit person each done. They've each worked tremendously hard, each of them together."

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins takes the tract anterior to a crippled against the Green Bay Packers astatine Hard Rock Stadium Dec. 25, 2022, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Tagovailoa's second confirmed concussion of the play happened during the Dolphins' Christmas Day nonaccomplishment to the Packers. He did not play successful immoderate games the remainder of the season.

On Feb. 1, the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Tagovailoa cleared the concussion protocol.

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins looks to walk against the Detroit Lions during the archetypal 4th astatine Ford Field Oct. 30, 2022, successful Detroit. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

During past week's NFL scouting combine, Grier mentioned that the squad was not acrophobic astir committing to the quarterback.

"It's not thing that is going to marque america acrophobic to bash thing agelong word with him," Grier said. "The 1 happening he's had, he's been banged up, but helium ever comes backmost and bounces backmost and plays hard and performs. So excited for his future."

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Tagovailoa volition participate the 4th twelvemonth of his rookie declaration successful 2023. His wage of conscionable implicit of $23 cardinal successful 2024 volition beryllium afloat guaranteed.