It might be straightforward to imagine that Bryce Underwood, a five-star recruit and 247Sports’ No. 1 player in the 2025 signing class, can be Michigan’s beginning quarterback in Week 1. Nonetheless, coach Sherrone Moore maintained that the workforce can have an open competitors till additional discover.
Following his time on the rostrum at Large Ten Media Days, Moore advised reporters that the Wolverines will discover their beginning quarterback in coaching camp. The Michigan coach will know who that’s when one participant “grabs the workforce.”
Underwood can be battling Fresno State switch Mikey Keene for the beginning position, however there’s each purpose to consider he’ll draw back ultimately. Not solely does Underwood have the bodily traits (together with a 6-foot-4 and now 230-pound build), however he additionally processes the sport at a excessive degree and initiatives a maturity past his years.
In his brief time on campus, Underwood has already been impressing everyone in Ann Arbor.
“He is been superb,” one supply advised CBS Sports activities’ Matt Zenitz in June. “Superior human being. Places in a ton of labor. Already instructions a room, even with as younger as he’s. Has a objective to study everyone’s identify within the constructing and provides the janitor the identical respect that he offers the top coach. As a pacesetter, he simply will get it.”
Bryce Underwood living up to hype: Michigan’s ‘unique’ freshman QB making strong push to start in 2025
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Moore had related issues to say Thursday in Las Vegas. The Michigan coach gushed about Underwood’s strategy since enrolling.
“He does all the things the suitable means,” Moore stated. “He makes certain that he assaults all the things the easiest way. And I actually simply bought off the cellphone with him, calling me, asking me what time he needs to be on the workforce assembly on Tuesday. So he needs to ensure he is on time to do all the things proper.
“He is a terrific teammate, nice child, nice younger man.”
The one clear edge Keene possesses over Underwood is expertise. Keene, who missed a lot of spring observe as a result of damage, has performed 39 profession video games between UCF and Fresno State and tried 1,170 passes. Final season, Keene accomplished 70.5% of his throws for two,892 yards, 18 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
“You discuss Mikey, we did a research about snaps in college football, and he leads the workforce with 2,029 snaps in school soccer,” Moore stated. “That is a whole lot of snaps within the sport. So he is a man that is completed it, that has skilled it at a excessive degree.”
Whoever begins for the Wolverines can have one week to get his ft below him with a house sport in opposition to New Mexico earlier than touring to Norman for a highway conflict in opposition to Oklahoma.