PASADENA — It was around this time last year that Michigan football transfer quarterback Jack Tuttle, a veteran QB for Indiana , decided to commit to Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines via the transfer portal. A year later, Tuttle is on a Big Ten title-winning team that is about to play one of the top dynasties in college football in the Rose Bowl — a successful year, to say the least. When he first picked Michigan, he knew that JJ McCarthy would be QB1, and looking back, he has no regrets.
Michigan football transfer quarterback has no regrets in transfer portal commitment to Michigan
Apr 1, 2023; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines quarterback Jack Tuttle (13) passes during the Spring Game at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
I had a chance to speak with Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle, who is the backup to five-star QB JJ McCarthy, on Saturday ahead of the coming Rose Bowl. Tuttle was a veteran Big Ten quarterback when he picked Michigan as a transfer destination, and he knew coming in that he would not be the starter.
I asked Jack Tuttle this afternoon about the decision to transfer into a QB room where he knew he would not win the starting job. Tuttle, without skipping a beat, told me that picking Michigan football was the best decision he had ever made.
“The best decision I ever made was to come to Michigan,” Tuttle explained. “Just for my future; really the number one goal was to come here and help this team win a national championship. We put a lot of work into doing that and we’re on the path to doing that.
“My decision — it was the best decision of my life,” he added. “I’m extremely about that, and I think there are several opportunities in the future (for me), but right now we’re just focused on Alabama.”
Jack Tuttle may not be Michigan’s starting QB, but he has been a core member of the Wolverines’ quarterback room and overall roster, which could win the program’s first Rose Bowl since 1997 against Alabama on Monday.
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