Signed to a three-year contract, 5/10/19…Appeared in 35 games with 29 starts for the Volunteers along the defensive line…Finished his four-year career with 79 tackles (29 solo), six tackles for loss, one sack, one interception, three passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and three blocked kicks…In 2018, started all 12 games and finished with 33 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two QB hurries, one interception, one pass defensed and two blocked kicks…Received the “Trenches Award” at the year-end banquet…As a junior in 2017, played in ten games with four starts and posted 27 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery…As a sophomore in 2016, played in seven games with one start and finished with nine tackles, one stop for loss, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery…As a freshman in 2015, played in six games and recorded ten tackles, one fumble recovery and one blocked field goal…Graduated in Dec., 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in communications…Lettered at North Davidson (Welcome, N.C.) HS, where he was a four-year starter and three-time All-Northwest selection…In four years with the Knights, posted 315 tackles, 66 stops for loss and 35 sacks…A three-time CPC pick…Posted 67 tackles with 17 stops for a loss with five sacks and four forced fumbles as senior in 2014.…Also played basketball and competed in track and field at North Davidson…Shyheim Devonte Tuttle was born on Oct. 20, 1995 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
