Indiana quarterback Jack Tuttle, who started his college football career at Utah, entered the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week, as multiple news outlets reported.
Tuttle, a redshirt senior, will stay with the Indiana Hoosiers through the remainder of the 2022 season before looking for a new school as a grad transfer in 2023. According to HoosiersNews.com’s Tom Brew,
Jack Tuttle, a team captain for Indiana, lost the starting quarterback job to Connor Bazelak at the start of the year and has not played in a game this season.
With so many teams badly needing a quarterback, it will be fascinating to see where Tuttle lands.
Iowa, San Diego State, Oregon State, and Texas A&M are among the programs which have been crushed by their limitations and flaws at the quarterback spot this season. Everyone wants a flashy Caleb Williams-level quarterback, but merely a competent and responsible quarterback such as Tuttle could offer value to a team in the portal for 2023.
Current Indiana QB and former four-star Utah signee Jack Tuttle (San Marco, Calif.) has entered the transfer portal.
A Hoosier team captain, Tuttle enters as a grad transfer. https://t.co/1JnHkLPEtV
— 247Sports Transfer Portal (@247SportsPortal) October 17, 2022
“I love my teammates and I’m not going to leave them in the season,’’ Tuttle told Brew on Monday morning. “I know there are a ton of other people in the NCAA who leave in the middle of the season and I’m not going to do that. Nor will I let this be a distraction or affect how I prepare and lead the team. This just gives me the best chance to play next year and be in the best spot.”
Tuttle was a four-star prospect coming out of high school in California and signed with Utah as a part of its 2018 recruiting class.
At Mission Hills in San Marcos, Calif., Tuttle threw for 7,179 yards, 69 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
He left the Utes in 2018 as a freshman, never playing a down for Utah before ending up at Indiana.
In four seasons with the Hoosiers, the 23-year-old Tuttle has completed 55.9% of his passes for 819 yards, four touchdowns and six interceptions.
He’s started four games for Indiana and earned academic All-Big Ten honors twice.
Look for Colorado, San Diego State, Nevada and Boston College as some of the Power Five schools instersted. He could go back home to UCLA or USC as well as a backup if he’s looking to be a graduate assistant. One other possibility: Look for Tuttle to move down to the FCS where he could immediately win a starting job.
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