5 months ago
- Wolverines
- Published: Dec. 28, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kyle Whittingham made it clear Sunday that his apical privilege was doing everything he could to support nan Michigan roster intact.
That meant going to nan starting backmost first.
Whittingham spent astir 45 minutes pinch nan freshman backmost this morning, kicking disconnected face-to-face meetings pinch players to study astir them. The goal, of course, is to person arsenic galore arsenic he tin to instrumentality astir and debar entering nan transportation portal erstwhile it opens connected Friday.
“I’ve already met pinch 1 player, and you tin astir apt conjecture who that was,” Whittingham told reporters. “Our quarterback, Bryce Underwood. That was a awesome conversation.”
On Saturday, Underwood said he was looking guardant to gathering nan 66-year-old coach who spent nan past 3 decades astatine Utah. And while he wasn’t fresh to disclose his questions for Whittingham, Underwood sounded unfastened to proceeding what nan caller Michigan coach had to say.
Turns out, Whittingham was apparently nan 1 asking astir of nan questions.
“I did a batch of listening,” Whittingham said. “I wanted to get feedback from him. I wanted to get to cognize him. Everything from increasing up, family, what’s important to him.”
A erstwhile five-star recruit, Underwood’s first play successful assemblage was rocky, completing conscionable 61 percent of his passes for 2,229 yards, 9 touchdowns and six interceptions. Before his abrupt firing connected Dec. 10, Sherrone Moore was readying to bring successful different knowledgeable backmost coach to thief activity pinch Underwood.
Now, nan Detroit autochthonal and erstwhile Belleville High School prima must grapple pinch nan caller reality of playing for an all-new coaching unit led by Whittingham.
“It was a awesome conversation,” Whittingham reiterated. “He’s a typical young man. Carries himself nan correct way. The backmost has sewage to person that ‘it’ factor, and Bryce has nan ‘it’ factor. Along pinch a ton of talent.
“His ceiling is very high, and nan discourtesy that we’re going to bring successful here, I think, is going to suit him to a T. I deliberation he’s going to really, really, excel and person a awesome acquisition here.”
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Aaron McMann is nan main hit writer covering nan University of Michigan shot programme for MLive Media Group, wherever he's worked since 2014. He went from covering precocious schoolhouse sports successful nan Flint area to a...
