On December 20, 2022, Jack Tuttle made his initial commitment to the Michigan football team. The announcement was not well received.
Tuttle’s arrival didn’t seem to offer much more than a veteran presence in the quarterback’s room—an adult who had previously spent five years in the Big Ten and was familiar with the demands of Division I high major football—should the Wolverines find themselves in a tight spot. After all, J.J. McCarthy was the Wolverines’ quarterback.
McCarthy, however, left to enter the 2024 NFL draft, so when Tuttle made his rather quiet announcement over the weekend, this time he did so with a genuine chance to earn the starting spot: program spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed to the Free Press on Sunday that Tuttle was approved for a medical redshirt and will return to Michigan to play a seventh season of college football.Tuttle entered the 2018 class as a four-star prospect and was ranked as the eighth best pro-style quarterback by 247Sports composite rankings upon graduating from high school.
He redshirted his first season at Utah (2018), spent four years at Indiana, and was awarded a final year at Bloomington (2022) after making only one appearance for the Hoosiers. He also received an additional year of eligibility for the Covid-19 season (2020).The 6-foot-4, 210-pound player was productive when needed, finishing 15 of 17 pass attempts for 130 yards and one touchdown and rushing for 35 yards on four attempts, despite having minimal experience at Ann Arbor the previous season.Being the most seasoned quarterback in the room, he should be familiar with the offense that his previous position coach, Kirk Campbell, is currently running. This summer, Tuttle will compete in what will undoubtedly be a fierce quarterback competition. He might face dual-threat option Alex Orji, Jayden Denegal, or the highly anticipated incoming freshman, Jadyn Davis, for the position.
