After redshirting in 1988, he started all 12 games at defensive tackle for the 1989 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 10-2 record in Bo Schembechler's final year as Michigan's head coach.[3] Hutchinson was selected by the Sporting News as the nation's outstanding freshman defensive lineman.[4]
As a sophomore, Hutchinson started seven games at defensive tackle for the 1990 Michigan team that compiled a 9-3 record in Gary Moeller's first year as head coach.[5]
As a junior, Hutchinson started eight games at defensive tackle for the 1991 Michigan team that compiled a 10-2 record, and finished the season ranked #6 in the AP Poll.[6] At the end of the season, Hutchinson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten defensive tackle.[6]
As a senior, Hutchinson was voted a team tri-captain and started six games at defensive tackle and six games at outside linebacker for the undefeated 1992 Michigan team that compiled a 9-0-3 record and defeated Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl.[7] During the 1992 season, Hutchinson broke Michigan's single season record for quarterback sack yardage with 99 and tied the single season sack record with eleven.[8] He concluded his collegiate career with 24 career sacks, then the second highest total in Michigan history.[4] He also finished second in Michigan history for career sack yardage.
After graduating from Michigan, Hutchinson signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns. During rookie training camp, Hutchinson developed complications from a tetanus shot, which precipitated his retirement from football. He enrolled at the University of Michigan Medical School and became a physician. As of September 2018, he was living in Plymouth, Michigan, and working as an emergency room physician at Beaumont Hospital.[1] His youngest child, Aidan, is a defensive end who also attended Michigan and was selected second overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL draft.