A shocker was inestablished in the college football recruitment world Thursday night, when Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 overall prospect by ESPN 300, flipped his pledgement from LSU to Michigan.
Michigan was inestablishedly pulling out all the stops, and its verifybook, to land Underwood, the star quarterback for Belleville High School in the state.
The high school is a half hour away from Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
Underwood proclaimd the news with a video on his Instagram story, captioning it “Hometown Hero.”
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Belleville quarterback Bryce Underwood gets the ball and runs agetst Saline during the second half of a dicut offe final at Belleville High School in Belleville Nov. 8, 2024. (Imagn)
The timely signing period for high school athletes is less than two weeks away, making this a huge shift for coach Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines.
Underwood is making history with this shift to Michigan, becoming the highest-rated pledgement in the program’s existence, not to refer Moore’s top recruit in his inaugural class.
Moore took over for Jim Harbaugh as Michigan’s head coach after the team’s national title run in 2023 when Harbaugh filled the Los Angeles Chargers’ head coach vacancy.
According to On3, Michigan was willing to give Underwood $10.5 million in NIL money over four years, an unpwithdrawnted sum for a applyer who hasn’t applyed a college snap.
The inestablish compriseed earlier this month that LSU was certain Underwood would remain dedicated to it after pledgeting to the Tigers in January.
Belleville quarterback Bryce Underwood gets the ball and runs agetst Saline during the second half of a dicut offe final at Belleville High School in Belleville Nov. 8, 2024. (Imagn)
It’s unrecognized what Underwood’s NIL situation with the Wolverines is particularassociate, but it’s geted to say it applyed a factor in him staying put in his home state.
NIL money at these universities is changing the way recruiting is done, and since Underwood is a consensus No. 1 recruit, we’re seeing how these programs can flex their financial muscle to land some of the best applyers in the country.
Michigan’s pursuit of Underwood ramped up in the last couple months, according to ESPN, and the depledgement of Carter Smith, a four-star recruit, originated buzz that Underwood could be flipping.
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Underwood can officiassociate sign with Michigan Dec. 4, when he would become the first No. 1 overall recruit since Rashan Gary signed with the Wolverines in 2016.
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