Like last week, when Wyoming coach Craig Bohl, after his team's sloppy defensive performance against New Mexico, decided to make some personnel changes in preparation for the Cowboys' road contest at Appalachian State. [...] as maybe only fate would have it, Tutein, a Virgin Islands native, assumed that starting role just in time for the first college football game that his mother Kendall planned to attend in person. Tutein recorded his first three tackles of the season in the Cowboys' 31-13 loss at Appalachian State. After transferring from Chadron State College, Tutein played in 12 games last season at safety, making four starts. In UW's season finale, he made five tackles and forced a fumble, and his play stuck out to defensive coordinator Steve Stanard. [...] during the offseason, he made the move to linebacker, finishing spring drills as Wacha's backup. Eventually, though, Bohl moved Wacha, UW's lone returning linebacker from 2014, to the middle in search of more consistency at that spot. At the beginning of last week, he sat second on the depth chart at weak-side linebacker behind Kamana.