Tuel's family moved from Tucson, Arizona, to Fresno, California, after his freshman year of high school.

He believed that the NCAA wanted him to blame head coach Paul Wulff's handling of the injury.

[7] On September 4, the Bills determined Manuel was healthy enough to return to play and named him starting quarterback, relegating Tuel to the second string position.

[9] He received some notoriety for being a relatively unknown player when he was named as the Bills' starting quarterback—in fact, this Wikipedia page did not exist when the announcement happened.

[10] Tuel played his first NFL game on October 3, 2013, against the Cleveland Browns shortly after Manuel hurt his knee halfway into the 3rd quarter.

Late in the 4th quarter, Tuel threw an interception that was returned 44 yards for a touchdown, effectively ending any chance of a Bills comeback.

The move was short-lived; the team released all of its backup quarterbacks, including Tuel, in final preseason cuts on August 30, leaving only Manuel on the roster (the team then signed Kyle Orton, who came out of a brief retirement, to serve as Manuel's only backup).