Jack Tuttle (American football)

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Jack Tuttle
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Tuttle with Michigan after the 2023 Big Ten Championship
No. 14, 13
Position Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1999-04-28) April 28, 1999 (age 25)
San Marcos, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Mission Hills (San Marcos, California)
Career highlights and awards

Jack Tuttle (born April 28, 1999) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Indiana Hoosiers, Utah Utes, and Michigan Wolverines. Tuttle was a member of Michigan's national championship team in 2023.

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Early life and high school

Tuttle attended high school at Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, California. In Tuttle's senior season, he was named San Diego Section Player of the Year, after he completed 69% of his passes for 3,171 yards and 41 touchdowns with just 4 interceptions. He also rushed 66 times for 207 yards and two touchdowns while leading Mission Hills High School to a 12–1 record and the San Diego Section Open Division championship game. [1]

In 2018, after his senior season, Tuttle was a four star recruit, rated as the 7th best quarterback and the #110 overall ranked player in the country. [2] Tuttle received scholarship offers from USC, LSU, and Alabama, before ultimately committing to play college football at the University of Utah. [3] [4]

College career

Utah

During Tuttle's partial season with the Utes in 2018, he did not appear in any games. [5] After the conclusion of the 2018 season, Tuttle decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal. [6] [7]

Indiana

Tuttle decided to transfer to Indiana University Bloomington. [8] [9] After transferring, Tuttle was granted immediate eligibility. [10] During the 2019 season, Tuttle played in five games where he completed five of his eleven passes for 34 yards. [11] In week four of the 2020 season, Tuttle got his first career start against number 18 Wisconsin, where he completed 13 of his 22 pass attempts for 130 yards and two touchdowns, as he helped Indiana win 14–6. [12]

Tuttle made his second career start in the 2021 Outback Bowl, where he completed 20 of his 45 passing attempts for 201 yards with an interception while also adding 29 yards on the ground, but the Hoosiers lost to Ole Miss 26–21. [13] Tuttle finished the 2020 season going 44 for 72 on his passes for 362 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. [14]

During the 2021 season, Tuttle started two games, completing 45 of his 87 passes for 423 yards and two touchdowns, with five interceptions. [15] In the 2022 season, Tuttle played in just one game completing nine of his twelve pass attempts for 81 yards. [16]

After the conclusion of the 2022 season, Tuttle decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal for the second time in his career. [17] [18]

Michigan

Tuttle transferred to the University of Michigan in 2023. [19] [20] He finished the season completing 15 of 17 passing attempts for 130 yards and a touchdown, while also adding 35 yards on the ground. [21] Tuttle won a national championship in 2023 as the Wolverines backup to J. J. McCarthy. [22]

In 2024, Tuttle returned to Michigan after being granted his seventh year of eligibility by the NCAA. [23] [24] In week six of the 2024 season versus the Washington Huskies, Tuttle came into the game after starter Alex Orji was benched in the second quarter. Tuttle went on to complete ten of nineteen pass attempts for 98 yards and a touchdown, but threw an interception and fumbled the ball in the fourth quarter, where Michigan would lose 27–17 to the Huskies. [25] Following Michigan's week seven bye, in week eight versus Illinois, Tuttle was named Michigan's starting quarterback; his first start for the Wolverines. [26] [27] In his start against Illinois, Tuttle completed 20 of 32 pass attempts for 208 yards, but did not throw a touchdown and had two turnovers, a fumble on a run attempt and an interception in the red zone, as Michigan lost 21–7 to the Fighting Illini. [28] In week nine versus Michigan State, he did not earn the start and was ruled out of the game. [29]

On October 28, 2024, Tuttle announced his medical retirement from college football, citing multiple concussions and a UCL tear in 2023 that did not fully recover following offseason surgery. He played in two games, with one start for the Wolverines in 2024. [30]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Utah Utes
2018 Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Indiana Hoosiers
2019 500−061154.5343.10080.59202.20
2020 321−1447261.13625.021109.715372.50
2021 620−2458751.74234.92588.716171.10
2022 110−191275.0826.810159.91080.80
Michigan Wolverines
2023 600−0151788.21307.610171.94358.80
2024 210−1305060.03066.112110.01540.30
Career [31] 2361−514924959.81,3375.478107.8691211.80

Personal life

Tuttle's father, Jay Tuttle, was a walk-on kicker who played for the Indiana Hoosiers. [32]

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