Woeful Wolverines won’t devote to starting QB

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterOct 21, 2024, 01:53 PM ET

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College football press reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Michigan is not yet naming a beginning quarterback ahead of its competition game versus Michigan State, as coach Sherrone Moore stated a choice will be made depending on how practices go this week.Jack Tuttle, who changed Alex Orji in an Oct. 5 loss to Washington, on Saturday became the 3rd quarterback to start for the Wolverines (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten)this season. Tuttle fought with his accuracy early but ended up with 209 passing yards– a season-high overall for U-M quarterbacks– in a 21-7 loss to Illinois.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Michigan failed to score 10 points for the first time in 131 successive games, dating to a shutout loss versus Notre Dame in

2014. The Wolverines opened the season with Davis Warren, a former walk-on, at quarterback, however he was replaced by Orji following a three-interception efficiency against Arkansas State.Orji, primarily utilized as a running quarterback in 2023, battled with his precision and tallied only 118 total passing backyards in wins versus USC and

Minnesota before being changed vs. Washington.Sources said Tuttle, who received a seventh year of eligibility from the NCAA in February, had actually been considered as the group’s best choice at quarterback, however his return from an injury to his tossing elbow continued to be postponed. He didn’t get full practice associates until the open week before Illinois.Moore said Tuttle’s arm strength is back to around”95 %. “”Looking after the ball, that’s going to be the No. 1 top priority, the biggest thing,”Moore stated.”You want big plays, you want performance, but we have to look after the

football.” Moore said offending planner Kirk Campbell will

remain the Wolverines’playcaller and might once again call plays from the sideline, as he did vs. Illinois.Moore did not have injury status updates on standout cornerback Will Johnson and tight end Marlin Klein, but he did state offensive take on Myles Hinton was trending in a positive instructions.