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- Wolverines
- Updated: Dec. 27, 2025, 3:20 p.m.
- Published: Dec. 27, 2025, 3:19 p.m.
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Bryce Underwood doesn’t cognize overmuch astir Kyle Whittingham. On Saturday, he had to look up the caller Michigan coach’s resume.
His early takeaway?
“Very excited to fig retired what type of feline he is,” Underwood, nan Wolverines’ freshman quarterback, told reporters Saturday earlier practice. “I’m excited to inquire him a fewer questions erstwhile we get to that point.”
Whittingham, hired arsenic Michigan’s 22nd caput shot coach connected Friday, is expected to alert to Orlando and meet his caller squad connected Saturday. Conversations pinch players and unit members will soon follow, pinch Michigan getting fresh to play Texas successful nan Citrus Bowl connected Wednesday (3 p.m., ABC).
Departures are judge to happen. They ever do aft a coaching change, pinch nan unit and roster. But keeping cardinal players for illustration Underwood are ever a priority, making nan adjacent week captious earlier nan transportation portal opens connected Jan. 2.
What’s Underwood want to know?
“Those questions will travel up arsenic soon arsenic I travel up to him,” Underwood said. “They’ll popular up correct past and there. Right now, we’re focused connected believe coming and nan vessel game.”
Underwood wouldn’t perpetrate to play different twelvemonth astatine Michigan, but schoolhouse officials are expecting nan erstwhile five-star imaginable to return successful 2026. He was a cardinal portion of past year’s recruiting people and won nan starting occupation successful his first year, throwing for 2,229 yards and 9 touchdowns.
But nan explosive passing onslaught immoderate expected nether violative coordinator Chip Lindsey ne'er afloat materialized, hamstringing Underwood astatine times.
“We’re astir to play this vessel game. That’s nan main thought that’s successful my caput correct now,” Underwood said. “After Dec. 31, we’ll fig that out.”
Underwood said he’s going to measurement aggregate options erstwhile deciding what to do for 2026. Whittingham, his violative scheme and coaching unit will play a factor. So will his teammates and what they determine to do, too. The biggest?
“My family,” said Underwood, a Detroit autochthonal who starred astatine adjacent Belleville High School. Having his family adjacent factored into Underwood’s determination to flip his committedness from LSU to Michigan past year. He’s adjacent to his mother and father, who proceed to thief guideline his determination making today.
As for Whittingham, nan 66-year-old erstwhile Utah coach who accepted nan Michigan occupation connected Friday, Underwood reiterated that he was “actually beautiful excited.” He shared nan news connected his Instagram relationship connected Saturday, perceived arsenic an endorsement of nan hire.
Will nan prosecute construe to keeping Underwood satisfied and playing successful Ann Arbor? The Michigan backmost isn’t fresh to extremity his hand. He’s focused connected finishing retired nan season.
“Excited to play this game, travel out, beryllium explosive. That’s nan main thing,” Underwood said. “Everything I’ve been wanting to show this full entire year.”
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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...
