Marcus Mariota and Tua Tagovailoa mark a special moment: starting against each other in an NFL game in Madrid.

At Alabama, Tagovailoa won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2018, the season after the Crimson Tide won the CFP national-championship game in overtime against Georgia.

The NFL made history in Spain as Mariota and Tagovailoa became the first quarterbacks ever to start a regular-season game there.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa looked up to Marcus Mariota as a high school player in Hawaii. The two start against each other as Miami faces Washington in Madrid.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii-born NFL quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Marcus Mariota will face off against each other for the first time ever. The Miami Dolphins take on the Washington Commanders this Sunday in Spain. It’s believed to be the first time two QBs from the same Hawaii high school will play against each other.

Eight thousand miles from Saint Louis School, two of the institution’s most decorated alumni will meet on one of the NFL’s biggest international stages. Former Crusader state-championship quarterbacks Marcus Mariota and Tua Tagovailoa are set to face off Sunday when the Washington Commanders play the Miami Dolphins in Madrid.

Both Tua Tagovailoa and Marcus Mariota attended St. Louis School in Honolulu, where they forged a connection that would last well into their professional careers. Mariota, who is five years older, has always been an inspiration for Tagovailoa.

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Quarterback Marcus Mariota's 28-yard strike to wide receiver Deebo Samuel gets the Washington Commanders closer to midfield late in fourth quarter.