At a track and field practice during the spring, Jack Tuttle received some unwelcome news from two of his football coaches at Mission Hills High outside of San Diego.
“Hey, you’re in trouble,” the quarterback, and Utah commit, was told.
“I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’” Tuttle said.
The coaches didn’t keep up the charade for long. They were there to pass along a bit of potentially life-altering news: Alabama had offered Tuttle a scholarship.
“That was pretty cool,” he said.
It also didn’t really change anything for him. Tuttle appreciated the offer and understood its significance, but it didn’t make him re-think his commitment to Utah.