Bryce Underwood will be starting under center for Michigan this season.

Head coach Sherrone Moore made the announcement on Monday that the true freshman would be the Wolverines’ starting quarterback when the season opens on Saturday against New Mexico, saying that Underwood had “earned the opportunity” and that “it was not given to him.”

Underwood was the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2025 and he made the decision to flip his commitment from LSU to Michigan last November after a full-court press to persuade him to come to Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood throws during an NCAA college football spring game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, April 19, 2025. AP

Underwood is from Belleville, Michigan, only a short distance away from the Wolvorines’ campus, and the fo

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