At 25, Michigan football quarterback Jack Tuttle getting his long-awaited shot

In a moment of total transparency, standing in front of a semicircle of reporters in Schembechler Hall for the first time since his spring 2023 arrival, Michigan football quarterback Jack Tuttle admitted none of this was expected.

Not a seventh year of eligibility. Not a starting job. Heck, as recently as this spring, not even throwing a football.

Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle (13) at a timeout against Texas during the first half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024.

“When I came to Michigan, I kind of sold out my career for the university,” Tuttle said Tuesday evening. “I didn’t think I had another year, right? I came here for coach (Kirk) Campbell, coach (Sherrone) Moore, coach (Jim) Harbaugh, coach (Mike) Hart, and came here to be the backup to J.J.

“And that’s what happened, and blessed to get granted another year, right? So as soon as I found that out, bent on coming back and trying to get an opportunity and get healthy and play for the University of Michigan.”

Tuttle is 25. He was in the same high school class as quarterbacks like Justin Fields, now trying to reinvent himself on his second NFL team, and Trevor Lawrence, who signed a five-year, $275 million contract over the summer. Tuttle wasn’t quite the five-star prospects they were, but he was a four-star, top-175 player in the nation who was the consensus No. 8 pro-style quarterback in the Class of 2018.

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But to be here, now, after a “not great experience” at Utah, then an entire four-year collegiate career at Indiana University where he graduated from the Kelley School of Business, but was so injured he earned not one, but two medical redshirts, he’s not sure he can put it into words.

“I have had several injuries over the course…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-10-09 19:26:19

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