Tagovailoa-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.
[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.
[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] Career personal bests are in bold[11] Tagovailoa-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.
[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).