with former NU Bulldog Troy Rosario, was the consensus top pick leading to the draft day. On August 23, 2015, he was drafted 1st overall by the TNT Tropang Texters in the rookie draft. On August 27, 2015, both he and newly acquired #2 pick Troy Rosario signed maximum three-year rookie contracts with Talk 'N Text worth ₱ 8.5 million. PBA career statistics As of the end of 2021 season Season-by-season averages |- | align=left | | align=left | TNT | 41 || 17.6 || .541 || .289 || .600 || 4.1 || 1.2 || .4 || .2 || 8.9 |- | align=left | | align=left | TNT | 59 || 17.3 || .519 || .152 || .563 || 4.7 || .8 || .3 || .2 || 7.9 |- | align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | TNT | rowspan=2|34 || rowspan=2|25.5 || rowspan=2|.500 || rowspan=2|.290 || rowspan=2|.649 || rowspan=2|8.1 || rowspan=2|1.9 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.4 || rowspan=2|9.8 |- | align=left | GlobalPort / NorthPort |- | align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | NorthPort | rowspan=2|38 || rowspan=2|31.2 || rowspan=2|.499 || rowspan=2|.321 || rowspan=2|.670 || rowspan=2|7.5 || rowspan=2|2.9 || rowspan=2|.7 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|14.0 |- | align=left | San Miguel |- | align=left | | align=left | San Miguel | 13 || 35.2 || .602 || .333 || .600 || 8.1 || 2.5 || .9 || .5 || 18.6 |- | align=left | | align=left | San Miguel | 32 || 19.1 || .507 || .293 || .686 || 4.6 || .8 || .3 || .4 || 9.0 |-class=sortbottom | colspan="2" align="center" | Career | 217 || 22.4 || .521 || .290 || .623 || 5.8 || 1.5 || .5 || .3 || 10.3 |} International career In 2015, Tautuaa joined the Gilas Pilipinas 3.0 training pool as a practice player and went with the entire team to Estonia to participate in a pocket tournament. He also saw action in the 2015 William Jones Cup where Gilas won the silver medal. He would only be eligible to play for any FIBA sanctioned tournament as an alternate naturalized player since he was not able to secure his Philippine passport before he turned 16 years old. Player profile Tautuaa is a versatile big man. He is considered a stretch "five" with ball-handling skills, range, passing abilities and someone who can rack up points, rebounds, assists, blocks, etc., not to mention his penchant for dunks, putbacks,