Tuttle waiver approved
Josh Henschke confirms that Jack Tuttle will get another year of College Football eligibility. How do we feel about the QB position now?
Confirming Jack Tuttle had his waiver approved by the NCAA. Run it back.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) February 18, 2024
February 18th, 2024 at 3:33 PM ^
Until McCarthy signs, there isn’t a single Michigan QB in the NFL. Meanwhile, QBs from Illinois, MSU (2), Purdue, OSU (2), Wisconsin, Northwestern, Iowa, and new conference members USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington started for NFL teams in 2023. No, Michigan hasn’t been great at developing QBs and yes, it was Michigan that got lucky with McCarthy.
February 18th, 2024 at 12:01 AM ^
Michigan will probably still try to run a complex system. And these guys have been in it for several years.
February 17th, 2024 at 9:43 PM ^
Excellent news. There's your starter. Orji in for packages. Davis gains valuable experience wherever possible.
A double-digit win season and a spot in the playoff is now looking much more likely.
February 17th, 2024 at 9:48 PM ^
Awesome news. This is what I love about CFB. He might not even be that good, but we saw flashes and he’s ours and sometimes that’s all you need. The ceiling is what we’re looking forward to.
Go blue!
February 17th, 2024 at 9:57 PM ^
Liked what I saw from Tuttle when he played. This is very good. His floor is Bo Nix imo.
February 17th, 2024 at 11:20 PM ^
If his floor is actually 3rd in the Heisman voting than we should be very, very happy lol
February 18th, 2024 at 9:57 AM ^
What?!
February 17th, 2024 at 10:01 PM ^
I LOVED his attitude last season. He's a lot like JJ in character and very mature.
February 17th, 2024 at 10:52 PM ^
That's big. Gives you some experience if Orji or Davis don't pop in the spring.
February 17th, 2024 at 11:28 PM ^
Tuttle probably is the best pure passing QB we have. He could win the starter job. But we really need a 2nd and 3rd string QB this year to run the team.
February 18th, 2024 at 2:40 PM ^
Jadyn Davis is probably the best pure passer. He threw for 6800 yards and 86 TDs against just 15 INTs (TD:INT 5.7) his HS junior and senior seasons. Those are bonkers numbers.
February 17th, 2024 at 11:38 PM ^
Are we sure he won’t just enter the portal to try and get paid and start for a lesser team?
February 17th, 2024 at 11:53 PM ^
You never know. Tuttle could enter the portal. i think we are going to be surprised by portal QB who wants to be here in the next month. It will be a shock to the team he will be leaving.
February 18th, 2024 at 4:11 AM ^
The ladies are happy because he likes to cuddle.
He 's pretty quick doing the 3 cone shuttle.
He's smart and has command of the huddle.
Welcome back Mr. Tuttle.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:39 AM ^
Tuttle cuddles in the huddle!
February 20th, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
LOLtle!
February 18th, 2024 at 7:05 AM ^
Jack Tuttle! Jack Tuttle!
He’s here, he’s there, he’s every-fucking-where!
Jack Tuttle! Jack Tuttle!
February 18th, 2024 at 8:21 AM ^
I like tuttles
February 18th, 2024 at 8:53 AM ^
Same. If there's any shot at Milroe, we should pony up
February 18th, 2024 at 9:15 AM ^
further smoothing the transition...feeling good
February 18th, 2024 at 9:49 AM ^
Sorry- Is this where we are? we just won a Natty and people are jerking it to a guy who just got a 7th f'ing year? Which I might add a serious problem in college football. Kids sticking around for 7 years...at some point someone has to say guys you gotta leave, you have 2 degrees and working on a third. the cost benefit ratio on guys like this has to be super low. stupid low. It further reinforces what our program is...we are not out there being mentioned as a THE place to go for new recruits or high value transfer qbs.
February 18th, 2024 at 10:50 AM ^
Unpopular opinion and people can neg me, but you’re absolutely right. It’s nice to have him for depth but people saying this raises our floor by 3 wins is crazy. This guy was 2nd string at Indiana. To think he’s gonna step in and be the guy is optimistic at best. And you can’t just say, well he'll be relying on the run game when we don’t know how that’s going to go either with 5 new starters. If this is who we’re going into the season with I think we’ll be in trouble. Hope I’m wrong. Go Blue.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:32 AM ^
Hypocritical. A lot of players on this team benefitted from the covid extra year the past three years.
This is an absolute boon for Michigan.
February 18th, 2024 at 12:27 PM ^
Tuttle did look pretty good in very limited action, but QB, the most important position in sports, remains a huge question mark. There is always a lot of crazy optimism and crazy pessimism here, but sometimes a shortage of realism. One guy even said Tuttle’s floor is Bo Nix. This is entirely a wait and see proposition.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:44 AM ^
The true reason is that we do not have a NIL program to pay the 4-5 stars the $$$ to play here. So don’t expect any 4-5 stars to show up here!
February 18th, 2024 at 10:29 AM ^
I think he’s going to win the job, but if he stays reckless we’ll need our backups ready. Orji and package will have to have to some more straight drop back passing and some Denard pop passes. Denegal and Davis simmer for another year. One starts for two and the other transfer. Then the Carter Smith era begins.
Nice flow at the position finally. It’s been a minute.
February 18th, 2024 at 10:55 AM ^
The old adage is if you have two starting QB’s you have none. this coaching staff will have its work cut out for them sorting through 5 guys who all have some positive attributes but none of which who have played much or have a clear edge in talent.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:32 AM ^
Having options isn't such a bad thing.
February 18th, 2024 at 10:57 AM ^
The success of our quarterback is going to fall on the shoulders of the new oline. Is there plenty of protection for the qb and is there running lanes for the running backs? It all has to gel together or it won’t matter who the qb is. I did like Tuttle’s mobility he showed prior to the cheap shot he took against Indiana out of bounds that pretty much shut his season down.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:10 AM ^
Pretty obvious decision on his part. Now he gets to be in the video game!
February 18th, 2024 at 11:12 AM ^
I’m getting excited about Orji, aka Big Denard, but it is really a big question mark as the excitement over Tuttle shows. In the age of instant gratification transfer portal QBs (Rudddock, Shea, Justin Fields, Will Howard, Cam Ward, etc.) it is hard to endure a qb competition. The last big question mark competition with Milton, McCaffery and McNamara didn’t go so hot during COVID. Though I thought McNamara was great in 2021.
Here’s hoping we get back to the competitions that gave us Grbac, Collins, Greise, Brady, Navarre, Henne and Mallet.
February 18th, 2024 at 11:58 AM ^
If Orgi’s passing game improves during the spring and summer camps, he will be the starter!
February 18th, 2024 at 11:57 AM ^
Tuttle can ball. Earned QB2 last year. With this news, I'm expecting him to start and be good.
February 18th, 2024 at 1:50 PM ^
This is big
three solid QBs that have been baking in the oven, now ready to compete for job.
excellent
February 18th, 2024 at 2:40 PM ^
This probably raises the floor of our QB room to maybe average in the B1G. I'm still worried our offense will be incredibly pedestrian, but at least I don't think we'll get bad QB in Tuttle.
February 18th, 2024 at 3:05 PM ^
Without seeing Josh Henschke's post, does this mean he's planning on returning to U-M , or does it mean that he's eligible to go wherever (i.e, his eligibility is not tied strictly to Michigan)? Seems as if he can go wherever he chooses he could find a better situation for playing time. Wasn't he indicating that he's looking to get into coaching in his near future as opposed to NFL aspirations?
February 18th, 2024 at 4:04 PM ^
*Insert cliché and obligatory Van Wilder joke here*
February 18th, 2024 at 5:28 PM ^
This is a big deal IMO. Others have said that the floor was just raised. I agree, and that’s substantial.
But I think it’s better than that. Frankly, I’d been seeing our qb ceiling as Jake Rudock. I mean, that’s not bad, but it’s limited for sure. I think Tuttle brings a higher ceiling as a qb but also a higher ceiling to the offense. He offers you the flexibility to run the qb that you get with Orji (I get it, he’s not the same level of athleticism), but is likely to be a better and less risky passer than any of our other options (in 24).
one more note: I actually think we might be more willing to run the qb in 24 than we were with JJ. Why? Frankly, it’s because an injury to Tuttle or whoever is less of a disaster than a JJ injury. Yeah, I said above that Tuttle is a step up. He is. But he’s not a JJ over Tuttle step up. 🙂
Rob