University of Tennessee Athletics
2017 Football Roster
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Tuttle, Shy

Jersey Number 2
Shy Tuttle
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 308
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Midway, N.C.
- High School:
- North Davidson
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2018 - SENIOR
- Games/Starts: 12/12
- Wrapped up his career by starting all 12 games in 2018, and finishing with 33 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, one sack, two QB hurries, one interception and two blocked kicks
- Received the “Trenches Award” at the year-end banquet
- Finished with three tackles at Vanderbilt in the 2018 season finale (11/24).
- Made three tackles, including a tackle for loss vs. Missouri (11/17)
- Blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt and added three tackles to help the Vols to a 24-7 upset win over No. 11 Kentucky (11/10)
- Notched four tackles against Charlotte on Nov. 3
- Had his first-career interception and blocked a PAT while recording two tackles at South Carolina (10/27)
- Tallied two tackles vs. No. 1 Alabama on Oct. 20
- Made four tackles, including half a tackle for loss at No. 21 Auburn (10/13)
- Logged three tackles at No. 2 Georgia (9/29)
- Tied for third on the team in tackles vs. Florida, collecting four (9/22)
- Tied a career-high with five tackles and made the first sack of his career while starting at NT for the Vols vs. West Virginia (9/1)
2017 - JUNIOR
- Games/Starts: 10/4
- Tallied 27 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs in 10 games in 2017
- Capped the season with two tackles and one QB hurry against Vanderbilt (11/25)
- Collected five tackles vs. both Southern Miss and LSU, tying a career high. He also recording a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss vs. the Golden Eagles
- Recovered his first fumble of the season on Kentucky’s third possession of the game, leading to a field goal attempt for the Vols (10/28)
- Made three tackles at No. 24 Florida, including a tackle for loss (9/16)
2016 - SOPHOMORE
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- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 7/1
- Is out for the remainder of the season due to injury as announced by Butch Jones on 10/29
- Made first start of career at defensive tackle against South Carolina (10/29), recording one TFL before exiting due to injury
- Tallied two tackles and one batted ball that resulted in an interception for Derek Barnett vs. Alabama (10/15)
- Matched season high with two tackles (one solo) at Texas A&M (10/8)
- Made one tackle in comeback win at Georgia (10/1)
- Played in win vs. Florida (9/24)
- Had one tackle vs. Ohio (9/17)
- Made season debut vs. Virginia (9/10), coming off bench and recording two tackles, one fumble recovery and one pass break-up
2015 - FRESHMAN
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- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 6/0
- Suffered broken fibula in win over #19 Georgia (10/10) and missed remainder of the season
- Had black stripe removed on Aug. 16, second true freshman, following Kyle Phillips to have stripe removed
- Played in first six games in first season, making 10 tackles with one fumble recovery and a blocked kick
- Two tackles in win over #19 Georgia (10/10) before suffering season-ending injury.
- Five tackles vs. Arkansas (10/3), along with a blocked field goal
- Two tackles at Florida (9/26)
- First tackle and fumble recovery came vs. Western Carolina (9/19)
- Played in two games in first college season
- One of 15 true freshmen to debut vs. Bowling Green (9/5)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at North Davidson High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., for coach Mark Holcomb
- 247 Sports: 5-star (No. 24 overall prospect, No. 5 defensive tackle, No. 1 prospect in North Carolina)
- ESPN: 4-star (No. 41 overall prospect, No. 6 defensive tackle, No. 1 prospect in North Carolina)
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 55 overall prospect, No. 7 defensive tackle, No. 2 prospect in North Carolina)
- Scout: 4-star (No. 83 overall prospect, No. 9 defensive tackle, No. 1 defensive tackle in North Carolina)
- Played in 2015 Under Armour All-American Game
- Selected to 2014 Shrine Bowl
- Member of ESPN 300
- Four-year starter and three-time All-Northwest selection
- In four years with the Knights, had 315 tackles, 66 tackles for loss and 35 sacks
- Three-time CPC pick
- Acclaimed as one of the `most highly-recruited players' out of Northwest North Carolina by Journal Now
- Posted 67 tackles with 17 tackles for a loss with five sacks and four forced fumbles as a senior in 2014
- Helped Knights to an 11-2 record as a senior
- As a junior in 2013, had 77 tackles, nine TFLs and three sacks
- Named a Sophomore All-American by MaxPreps in 2012
- Had 97 tackles, 26 tackles for a loss and 18 sacks as a sophomore
- Began prep career with 74 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and nine sacks as a freshman in 2011
- Also played basketball and competed in track and field with the Knights
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Shyheim Devonte Tuttle
- Born: Oct. 20, 1995 in Midway, N.C.
- Son of Consuelo Tuttle
- Recipient of Inman Family Men's Athletic Endowment Scholarship
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