Dallas Cowboys Are Top Quarterback's Ideal Destination In 2020 NFL Draft

One of the top players in the 2020 NFL Draft wants to play for the league’s marquee franchise. In his perfect world, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa would get his wish of joining the Dallas Cowboys.

"If you're saying to me, if I can choose what team I want to play on, as far as my favorite team growing up, then I probably tell you the Cowboys," Tagovailoa told NFL Network's Steve Wyche.

That is obviously not a realistic scenario for multiple reasons. Tagovailoa will likely be long gone when Dallas picks at No.17 overall in the first round, and Dak Prescott eliminates the Cowboys’ need to draft a quarterback.

Prescott doesn’t have a contract for the 2020 season, but there’s almost no chance that he’ll actually hit free agency. If Dallas and the quarterback can’t agree to a long-term contract by March 18, the Cowboys will almost certainly use the franchise tag on the signal caller.

"I'm not trying to bump him -- I'll learn under him," Tagovailoa said about Prescott. "I'd handle it the way that the coaches there want to handle it. Honestly, I just want to be able play again. I wouldn't mind learning under whatever guy that's the starter. Give me a whole year to rest up and then go back out and compete, but I just want to go back out and play."

Tagovailoa entered the 2019 college football season as the projected No.1 overall pick in the draft. A serious hip injury on Nov. 16 in a game against Mississippi State hurt Tagovailoa’s draft stock, though he’s still expected to be a top-10 pick.

It will be surprising if Tagovailoa is still on the board after the Miami Dolphins draft fifth overall.

Tagovailoa finished second in the 2018 Heisman Trophy race. He threw three touchdown passes in the 2018 National Championship Game as a freshman before throwing for 3,966 yards, 43 touchdowns and six interceptions as a sophomore.

The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to draft 2019 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow first overall.