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As far as Michigan football is concerned, the Bryce Underwood train has come to the end of the tracks.
The consensus No. 1 player in the 2025 class, who plays quarterback just up the road from Ann Arbor at Belleville High School, is expected to remain committed to LSU, a source with intimate knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on Thursday night.
Sources told the Free Press that Michigan had offered a four-year Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal worth nearly $10 million, including win-based and championship-based incentives. Underwood, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound dual threat passer also took to Instagram on Thursday night to share a post on his story from @footballfever with a caption that said “the No. 1 overall prospect … is unlikely to accept Michigan’s lucrative NIL offer” less than a week after a visit to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a night game vs. Alabama.
Underwood has since deleted the post.
Belleville quarterback Bryce Underwood makes a pass against Saline during the first half of district final at Belleville High School in Belleville on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.
The Belleville standout originally pledged to the Tigers back in January, less than one week before the Wolverines claimed the national championship, and at the time, that was figured to be the end of it before U-M upped the ante.
However by the fall, as the quarterback situations devolved on Michigan’s roster — bouncing from Davis Warren, to Alex Orji, to Jack Tuttle and back to Warren — signs began to pop up that the Wolverines were increasing their pursuit of Underwood.
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-11-15 03:37:26
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