As Logan Tuley-Tillman looks to both restart his collegiate playing career and polish his battered image, he’s gotten a rather significant thumbs-up from an individual that ultimately holds his fate in his hands.
In September, Michigan announced that Tuley-Tillman had been dismissed from the football program for “conduct unacceptable for a Michigan student-athlete.” A month later, it was revealed that the offensive lineman had been charged with three felonies stemming from a Sept. 4 incident in which he was accused of filming a sex act with a woman without her knowledge.
As the case winds its way through the legal system, Tuley-Tillman’s attorneys had requested that their client, fitted with a GPS tracker, be permitted to leave the state of Michigan in order to find a new college football home. Earlier this week, a judge assigned the case granted said request.
“This is not a case where I’m asking if he can be able to fly wherever he wants to throughout the country,” David Nacht, the player’s lawyer, said in stating his case to the judge. “These are very specific trips for a very limited, short duration.”
With the technological shackles off, Tuley-Tillman wasn’t and isn’t lacking suitors.
Prior to the court-ordered stipulations being enforced, Tuley-Tillman had visited Ole Miss. With the travel ban lifted, the lineman will now be free to take official visits to Louisville, Miami and Washington State, which are tentatively scheduled to take place in January.
Tuley-Tillman was a four-star member of Brady Hoke‘s second-to-last UM recruiting class, rated as the No. 24 offensive tackle in the country and the No. 7 player at any position in the state of Illinois. He played in one game as a redshirt freshman in 2014, the season opener against Appalachian State.
Prior to his dismissal this season, he had been listed as the No. 2 left tackle and played in the 2015 opener.
As Tuley-Tillman will be a graduate transfer wherever he ends up -- provided it’s not behind bars -- he would be eligible to play immediately in 2016. As an added bonus, he would also have two years of eligibility remaining.