Jim Harbaugh excelled at acquiring veteran players to contribute to the Michigan Wolverines teams that made the College Football Playoffs over the last three seasons. Players like Olu Oluwatimi, Josaiah Stewart, A.J. Barner, Josh Wallace, and others who had a chance to compete for playing time or even a starting role on the team.
So, when Indiana quarterback Jack Tuttle announced that he was coming to Ann Arbor last offseason as a grad transfer, it was a surprise to a lot of folks in the industry. As a former team captain of the Hoosiers, Tuttle was primarily a backup and he could have easily just entered the workforce or attempted to be a graduate assistant somewhere if coaching was in his future.