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.
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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