Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood, the nation’s No. 1 recruit in his class, has spent months getting ready in hopes of starting the 14th-ranked Wolverines’ season opener against New Mexico.

If follows an outstanding high school career in which Underwood threw for 11,488 yards and 152 touchdowns while leading Belleville to a 50-4 record and two Michigan state championships.

The 6-foot-4 freshman heads our list of freshmen who could make a major impact this season.

Underwood arrived on campus in time for spring practice and went 12 of 26 for 187 yards in the spring game, throwing an interception but also delivering an 88-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Hoffman on a reverse flea-flicker.

“I think he’s grown every single day since he’s been on campus,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore tol

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