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

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The Miami Dolphins are committed to Tua Tagovailoa for the next couple seasons. 

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

The Dolphins had until May 2 to decide whether to pick up the quarterback's option.

Despite multiple head injuries throughout the 2022 season, Tagovailoa set career highs in passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. He also led the NFL in passer rating last season.

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa aims a pass during the first half of a game against the Atlanta Falcons Oct. 24, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tagovailoa was sidelined for five games last season after he suffered two concussions over the course of the year. He was ruled out for the Dolphins playoff game against the Bills.

Head coach Mike McDaniel has consistently spoken highly about the type of player he believes Tagovailoa is.

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"I think it's important to recognize that we have a congruence of interest by the Dolphins and the player — Tua — that both parties really want him to play at a very high level for a long time for the Miami Dolphins," McDaniel said last month.

General manager Chris Grier has also expressed confidence in the 2020 No. 5 overall draft pick.

"I would say with Tua, he is our starting quarterback," Grier told reporters in January. "I mean, I don't know how we can say it any more clearly. We've been that way through this season and what he's done. What Mike and Tua, (Darrell)