With the timing of J.J. McCarthy and Jim Harbaugh’s departure from the program, Michigan football hadn’t dipped into the transfer portal for another quarterback, and it didn’t feel like it needed to. That’s because the Wolverines happened to get a seventh-year exemption for Jack Tuttle, who had transferred into the program before last season from Indiana.
However, Tuttle was oft-injured, and unable to participate in spring ball, most of fall camp, and wasn’t ready to play until recently.
The former four-star quarterback who was No. 110 overall as a recruit in the 2018 class finally got his chance to lead the maize and blue offense, starting in the second quarter of the Week 6 game at Washington and he got his first (and now only) Michigan start at Illinois in Week 8. However, it was clear he was having some issues completing passes and there was speculation that he still wasn’t at full health. As a result, Tuttle has announced that he’s medically retiring.
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There was speculation about something being wrong with his throwing arm but the concussion news is new.
With Tuttle no longer an option, Michigan will likely stay with the Davis Warren-Alex Orji rotation that it used to beat MSU on Saturday.