Indiana football got big news today with the announcement from quarterback Jack Tuttle that he will continue his college football career with the Hoosiers. Tuttle spent part of freshman season this fall at Utah before deciding to leave the Utes’ program in October.

Tuttle committed to Utah in December of 2016 and enrolled there in January to get an early start on his college career. He was with the program through the first half of the 2018 season, but he never saw any game action for the Utes.

The California native was one of the top QB prospects in the 2018 recruiting class when he was coming out Mission Hills H.S. in San Marcos. He was an Elite 11 finalist and he was ranked the number 8 pro-passer and the number 167 overall recruit in the nation according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

As a senior at Mission Hills the talented signal-caller was named the San Diego Section Player of the Year after leading his team to a championship appearance. Tuttle completed nearly 70 percent of his passes for 3,171 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Indiana recruited and offered Tuttle before he committed to Utah as a member of their 2018 recruiting class. Besides the offers from Utah and IU he also had offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Boston College, Colorado, LSU, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon State, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington State, Wisconsin, Colorado State, Nevada and San Diego State.

Tuttle, who made an official visit to Bloomington last month during the weekend of Indiana’s game against Purdue, gives the Hoosiers a third scholarship quarterback on the roster to go along with returning starter Peyton Ramsey and talented youngster Michael Penix. Ramsey will be a redshirt junior in 2019 and Penix will be a redshirt freshman.

Here is the official release from IUHoosiers.com on Tuttle joining the Indiana program:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced today that quarterback Jack Tuttle, a 6-4, 207-pound transfer from the University of Utah, has signed his Big Ten tender of financial aid and will join the program for the 2019 spring semester. The San Marcos, Calif., native and Mission Hills High School graduate did not see any action with the Utes as a true freshman in 2018.

A four-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports, Tuttle garnered a place in the 2017 Elite 11 Finals in addition to The Opening. He was ranked the No. 4 pro-style quarterback nationally by Rivals, the No. 5 pro-style quarterback nationally by 247Sports and the No. 13 player in California by 247Sports.

"Jack Tuttle is a tremendous addition to our program and we are happy to welcome him to IU," Allen said. "He is extremely talented and brings a huge skillset to our quarterback room. We look forward to his arrival on campus next semester and his development as a Hoosier."

As a senior, Tuttle collected San Diego Section Player of the Year honors and first team All-CIF. He won the Silver Pigskin Award, presented to San Diego County's most outstanding high school football player.

Tuttle guided Mission Hills to a 12-1 record, with its lone loss coming in the San Diego Section Open Division title game. He completed 205-of-295 (69.5 percent) for 3,171 yards with 41 touchdowns and just four interceptions, and rushed for 207 yards and a pair of TDs in his final campaign.

A member of the National Honor Society and the Union Tribune All-Academic team, Tuttle was born in Indianapolis. His father, Jay, was a walk-on kicker with the Hoosiers (1986-89) and his mother, Kathy, is an Indiana State University graduate.