True freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, the highest nationwide recruit within the Class of 2025, will begin for the Michigan Wolverines within the season opener at residence Saturday night time in opposition to New Mexico, in accordance with a number of media experiences.
Michigan is predicted to make an official announcement on Monday, per the experiences.
Underwood, a Michigan native, had flipped his dedication from LSU to the Wolverines final November. He can be the primary true freshman to start out for Michigan since Tate Forcier in 2009.
Additionally contending for the beginning job had been graduate college students Davis Warren and Mikey Keene, the latter a switch from Fresno State after beginning his profession at UCF. Warren guided Michigan to a 3-0 end in 2024, together with wins over eventual nationwide champion and arch rival Ohio State and Alabama within the ReliaQuest Bowl, and he’s nonetheless recovering from a knee damage sustained within the bowl recreation.
Underwood, listed at 6-foot-4 and 228 kilos, was a five-star prospect and the highest general participant within the nation within the Class of 2025, in accordance with the 247Sports composite rankings.
A four-year starter at Belleville Excessive Faculty, Underwood went 50-4 with state titles in 2021 and 2022. He is credited with 12,919 all-purpose yards, together with 11,488 passing yards and 179 complete touchdowns (152 passing).
He was chosen the Gatorade Nationwide Participant of the 12 months as a junior in 2023-24.
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