In his first public appearances since his second concussion of the 2022 NFL season caused him to miss the Miami Dolphins’ final three games, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he’s “doing good” and will be ready when the team opens its offseason program.

And the former Alabama All-American is taking judo to address the injury issue. Both Tagovailoa’s concussions occurred when his head banged against the turf.

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“We got like a plan set up,” Tagovailoa said on FanDuel TV’s “Up and Adams” program, “and I’ll be doing judo on Fridays just so that I can kind of figure out, you know, like understanding my body and how to fall and things like that.”

Tagovailoa missed the Dolphins’ final two regular-season games and a 34-31 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the AFC playoffs after entering the NFL’s concussion protocol on Dec. 26, the day after a 26-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers that featured the quarterback throwing three interceptions in the fourth quarter.

Tagovailoa also missed two games after leaving in the first half of a 27-15 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 29 with a concussion. In that game, Tagovailoa left the field on a stretcher and went to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

“I just think it was a series of bad luck,” Tagovailoa said on “The Dan Le Batard Show.” “It was very unfortunate. But I think you play this game understanding those are going to be the risks that you are taking, and we had an opportunity to do something really special with the group of guys we had. But like I said, it was very unfortunate this year.”

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In his third season with the Dolphins, Tagovailoa completed 259-of-400 passes for 3,548 yards with 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He led the NFL with a passing-efficiency rating of 105.5.

Tagovailoa left the NFL’s concussion protocol in time to attend the Pro Bowl Games, but he decided not to go to Las Vegas for the event.

“I didn’t think it was necessary that the first thing I came back to do football-related wasn’t team-related with the Dolphins,” Tagovailoa said, “and so, that was one of the reasons as to why I didn’t attend. But also, I’m a new father, so spending time with my son and trying to help out my wife, get him on a sleep schedule.”

Tagovailoa said his family did have some anxiety about his continuing to play football after the two concussions.

“My wife, my parents, people close in my circle, all of them questioned it,” Tagovailoa said. “But at the end of the day, it was essentially just going to be my decision on if I wanted to continue playing or not.”

Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts were teammates at Alabama in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. On Sunday, Hurts will be the starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.

“The criticism that he’s dealt with as well in the NFL,” Tagovailoa said on the “Slow News Day” video podcast, “very much deserving of this opportunity that he’s getting right now.”

Hurts was the Crimson Tide starter in 2017, and Tagovailoa was Alabama’s starter in 2018. When Hurts transferred to Oklahoma for the 2019 season, Mac Jones became Tagovailoa’s backup after redshirting in 2017 and handling mop-up duty in 2018. With the New England Patriots, Jones has joined Hurts and Tagovailoa as an NFL starting quarterback.

When Tagovailoa thinks about Alabama’s quarterback room in those seasons, he remembers “a lot of work that we all had to put in to get to where we are today.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.