By ALEC ETHEREDGE | Sports Editor

Just a month removed from leading the Thompson Warriors to their second-ever state championship appearance, Alabama Crimson Tide commits Taulia Tagovailoa and Amari Kight are set to compete in All-American games.

Tagovailoa, the former quarterback of the Warriors and younger brother of current Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, will take part in the 2019 All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, this Saturday at noon with the game televised live on NBC.

Kight, one of the best offensive linemen in the country, will take part in the Under Armour All-American game featuring the most elite players in the country on Thursday, Jan. 3, in Orlando, Florida. The game can be seen live on ESPN2 at 6 p.m.

Ranked a four-star offensive lineman by ESPN, Rivals and 247sports, Kight is projected as the 65th best recruit or higher by all three recruiting sites, making him one of the top future players in the country.

Standing at close to 6-foot-7, 300 pounds, Kight was a four-year starter at Thompson and helped the team go from 5-5 to back-to-back 10-plus win seasons.

Now, he is expected to make a quick impact on Alabama’s football team going up against some of the best defensive linemen in the SEC and the country.

But for now, he’ll enjoy the challenge of blocking some of the best recruits, many of who he will see again soon enough in college.

For Tagovailoa, many are excited about his possibility in an Alabama uniform simply because of the accomplishments of his older brother in such a short period of time.

Many don’t know just how good he is, and haven’t gotten to see him on a national stage unless they watched the ESPN2 game against Hewitt-Trussville on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

Now, he’ll have a chance to make some big plays in a game against some of the country’s best recruits to show people what he has done over the last two years at Thompson High School.

While he played one more year than Tua at the high school level, starting four consecutive years to account for 14,207 passing yards and 135 touchdowns, he had surpassed his older brother in his first three years of high school football by more than 1,000 yards and 16 touchdowns.

That’s the type of talent he has at the position.

While he is a four-star quarterback compared to his brother being a five-star quarterback, he has proven his potential after putting up record numbers in the toughest region in Alabama high school football.

After the All-American game, Tagovailoa is expected to return back to Hawaii to compete in the Polynesian Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, which is just down the road from his hometown of Kapolei on the island of O’ahu.

Both Kight and Tagovailoa will look to put final stamps on the high school game over the next two weeks before turning their attention to being teammates at Alabama.