Career
He played for the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2010-2014. The Mocs were back to back Southern Conference champions from 2013–2014. Tull played Delaware/LB and started a school record 48 straight games.
As a freshman in 2011 he was voted to the All-freshman conference team as well as the College Sports Journal FCS freshman all-American team
In his sophomore season he recorded 12.5 sacks and 19 TFL"s breaking school single season records for both. He was voted a first team all-American by Walter Camp and AFCA and multiple fan sites.
He received second team all-American recognition from the Sports Network and Associated Press. Coming into his junior year Philosophy Steele ranked Tull as the number 1 defensive end and number 7 overall player in the nation for FCS. During the Mocs game against Furman that year Tull had 3.5 sacks and 2 FF and was named national defensive player of the week by the Sports Network.
He led the UTC Mocs to a co-conference championship and after the season was voted a consensus first team all-American by every major publication, making Tull the first consensus all American in school history.
He broke the school"s all time sack record and was again voted the conference defensive player of the year by the league"s coaches. He was awarded the elite defensive end award from the CPFA and also became UTC"s first academic all-American in football by having above a 3.5 Grade Point Average in Exercise Science. He finished his junior season as a finalist for the Buch Buchanan award, given annually to the top defensive player in FCS. He is UTC"s all-time sack, TFL, and forced fumble leader and is seen as a prospect for the 2015 NFL draft.
Tull is the SoCon’s all-time sack leader with 37.0.
New Orleans Saints
= 2015 Tull was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, and was later signed to a three year contract and placed on the Saints 53 man roster. He was placed on the injured reserve early in the season.