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- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
The announcement that Kyle Whittingham teased this greeting didn’t return agelong to materialize.
Hours aft nan caller Michigan coach’s quality connected FS1’s “Wake Up Barstool,” wherever Whittingham predicted immoderate bully news connected nan backmost front, he sewage it.
Bryce Underwood is back.
The backmost revealed nan news connected societal media Monday night, letting nan nationalist cognize he’d suit up successful nan maize and bluish again successful 2026.
The determination comes arsenic welcomed alleviation for Whittingham, who made Underwood a apical privilege since taking nan Michigan occupation connected Dec. 26. Not only did nan Wolverines’ caller coach alert to Orlando to meet pinch nan team, but he kicked disconnected individual subordinate meetings pinch Underwood, a freshman who he proudly declared “our quarterback” during his introductory news convention later that day. The NCAA transportation portal remains unfastened done Jan. 16, and much than a twelve Michigan players person formally entered since it opened connected Friday.
“The backmost has sewage to person that ‘it factor,’ and Bryce has nan it factor, on pinch a ton of talent,” Whittingham told reporters. “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.”
A erstwhile five-star recruit, Underwood took nan assemblage shot world by large wind past December erstwhile nan No. 1-ranked precocious schoolhouse imaginable flipped his committedness from LSU to Michigan, garnering awesome fanfare and a reported multi-million dollar name, image and likeness offer. The Detroit autochthonal quickly impressed down nan scenes, beating retired a brace of assemblage veterans successful an different young, inexperienced backmost room.
In 13 starts, Underwood vanished nan play pinch 2,428 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He rushed for 392 rushing yards and six rushing TDs, occasionally showing disconnected his velocity and expertise to break tackles.
And while Underwood flashed his beardown limb and beingness attributes, location were immoderate lows, too. After throwing for 251 yards and a touchdown successful Michigan’s play opener against New Mexico, he would only apical 250 passing yards doubly nan remainder of nan season. One of those came successful a triumph complete Northwestern, a crippled that saw Underwood propulsion back-to-back interceptions and astir costs his squad a victory.
Underwood threw a season-high 3 interceptions successful nan Wolverines’ 41-27 nonaccomplishment to Texas successful nan Citrus Bowl, a rocky extremity to what became a rocky play for everyone involved. His caput coach, Sherrone Moore, was fired by nan schoolhouse connected Dec. 10 complete an inappropriate narration pinch a staffer.
Whittingham brings a acquainted look to tally his discourtesy astatine Michigan, up-and-coming coordinator Jason Beck who’s had sterling occurrence successful caller years astatine Utah and New Mexico, and earlier that coaching quarterbacks astatine Syracuse, Virginia and BYU.
Underwood’s announcement capped a database of different notable returners for 2026, including freshmen violative tackles Blake Frazier and Andrew Babalola.
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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...
