When Jack Tuttle committed to Michigan football for the first time on Dec. 20, 2022, the move was met with little fanfare.

The Wolverines already had their quarterback in J.J. McCarthy, so Tuttle’s arrival didn’t seem to provide much more than a veteran presence in the quarterbacks room; an adult who’d already spent five years in the Big Ten and knew the rigors of Division I high major football should the Wolverines find themselves in a pinch.

However McCarthy has left for the 2024 NFL draft, so this time when Tuttle again made a rather quiet announcement over the weekend, he did so with a true chance to win the starting position: Tuttle was approved for a medical redshirt and will return to Michigan to play a seventh season of college football, program spokesman  ZblaDaveuf confirmed to the Free Press on Sunday.

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