Exclusive: QB Jack Tuttle Defies Odds, Cleared for Epic Seventh Season Showdown
Michigan will have another quarterback at its disposal this fall.
Jack Tuttle, the team’s backup last year behind Big Ten quarterback of the year J.J. McCarthy, has been granted a waiver by the NCAA and cleared to play in 2024, team spokesman Dave Ablauf told MLive over the weekend.
Tuttle hinted at the news late Saturday, posting a minute-long video on social media with the caption, “So many memories and great people. The journey continues.” The season will be his seventh in college.
Tuttle, who will be 25 in April, told MLive after Michigan’s national championship win in January that he was seeking a medical waiver in hopes of playing another year. He redshirted his freshman season in 2018 at Utah; took advantage of the free year of eligibility in 2020 at his second stop, Indiana; and only played in one game in 2022 due to injury.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound quarterback played through injury at Michigan, too. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder against UNLV, his first play as a Wolverine, and sat the next two games. And then upon his return, Tuttle tore the top part of his UCL in his right elbow, an injury that he said would require surgery and left him limited.
Still, he said he was available if necessary. In six seasons, the San Marcos, Calif., native has yet to play a full season, either due to injury or not winning the starting role. He’ll have an opportunity to do so this offseason with Michigan searching for a full-time starter.
The Wolverines return three other scholarship quarterbacks (redshirt sophomores Alex Orji, Jayden Denegal, senior Davis Warren), in addition to Tuttle. They also have four-star recruit Jadyn Davis on campus and enrolled, making him a possibility too.
The group will continue to work with position Kirk Campbell, who has also been elevated to offensive coordinator and will assume play-calling duties under first-year head coach Sherrone Moore.