Michael Ruttlen Jr.

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Photo by: Brian Foley

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Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
5-9
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mount Juliet, Tenn.
High School:
Mount Juliet

Accolades:
First-Team All-Ivy (2022)

2022: Made seven tackles and an interception vs. Cornell ... Collected eight tackles and an interception at Harvard ... Intercepted a pass at Lafayette.

2021: Saw time in nine games … Made 29 tackles and had two interceptions … Made six stops at Penn … Intercepted a pass vs. Yale … Recorded five tackles at Dartmouth … Intercepted a pass vs. Stetson.

2020: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019: Saw time in nine games

Before Princeton:
Mount Juliet: Lettered four years in football and track...Track team captain 2018 and 2019...Varsity football three year stater...Team captain 2018...led the team to three straight region titles...selected All-region player 2016, 2017, and 2018...Alt-county 2017, 2018 and 2018 All-county academic award...All-Mid state player 2018...All-State 2018 player...National Football Foundation and college hall of fame scholar athlete honoree...Best All around Student Athlete of the year in Wilson County 2018...Career stats include 212 tackles, 3 INT's, 3 fumble recoveries, 2 forced fumbles, 6 TFL, 3 sacks, 14 pass break ups, 6 blocked kicks, and 3 defensive touchdowns...Tennessee Scholar award recipient

Personal: Son of Michael and Cecilia Ruttlen...Father attended Vanderbilt seminary and Emmanuel theological seminary...Mother attended Fisk university and Meharry Medical School...the ninth of ten children...younger brother plays basketball at MJHS...