{"id":38962,"date":"2025-05-10T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38962\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:04:14","slug":"bryce-underwood-higher-than-expected-on-big-ten-football-qb-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38962\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Underwood higher than expected on Big Ten Football QB ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot has already been said and written about Michigan Wolverines<\/a> freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, with the consensus opinion among local and national media members and college football fans being that he is too talented to keep off the field as a first-year player. Some are even saying \u2014 myself included \u2014 he will very likely win the starting job during fall camp.<\/p>\n

247Sports seems to agree that Underwood has the inside track to be the Week 1 starter. The national media outlet recently released their post-spring list of the top Big Ten quarterbacks<\/a>, and before he has even taken a collegiate snap, Underwood ranks right in the middle of the conference at No. 8 overall.<\/p>\n

Here is what they had to say about Underwood:<\/p>\n

The top-rated player in the 2025 recruiting cycle, Underwood arrives in Ann Arbor with extremely high expectations. He\u2019s been around since bowl practice last season and has received rave reviews from teammates and Michigan\u2019s coaching staff. If Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene hadn\u2019t missed spring practice with an injury, perhaps new Wolverines offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey would feel more comfortable going with a veteran in the opener as opposed to a wet-behind-the-ears true freshman.<\/p>\n

That last sentence is carrying a ton of weight for the opinion that Underwood will likely be the starting quarterback. Keene transferred over from Fresno State to provide Underwood with a legitimate, meaningful competition. But Keene being sidelined provided Underwood with even more reps and experience this spring alongside redshirt freshman Jadyn Davis, the only other healthy quarterback at the moment.<\/p>\n

It was clear in the spring game Underwood has higher upside than Davis \u2014 he made tight window passes and also made plays with his legs when protection broke down. Everyone will talk about the 88-yard touchdown to end the game, but that was far from his most impressive play of the game. There were several dropped passes from his wideouts that were better throws and provided more of a \u201cwow\u201d reaction than the trick play touchdown.<\/p>\n

With it being unknown at this point when exactly Keene will be healthy enough to practice, Underwood should feel very good about his chances of being the Week 1 starter against New Mexico at the Big House.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re curious, 247Sports ranked Penn State\u2019s Drew Allar at No. 1 overall in the Big Ten, followed by Illinois\u2019 Luke Altmyer, Ohio State\u2019s Julian Sayin, Oregon\u2019s Dante Moore, and Indiana\u2019s Fernando Mendoza to round out the top-five.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about this ranking? Too high? Too low? Just right? Let us know down in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lot has already been said and written about Michigan Wolverines freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, with the consensus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[322,3274,3789,10015,7,29,14303,14304,3272,3273,144,1293,7754,1223,9322,14302],"class_list":{"0":"post-38962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-big","9":"tag-brew","10":"tag-bryce","11":"tag-expected","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-higher","15":"tag-https-www-maizenbrew-com-2025-5-10-24426907-michigan-football-news","16":"tag-maize","17":"tag-n","18":"tag-on","19":"tag-qb","20":"tag-ranking","21":"tag-ten","22":"tag-than","23":"tag-underwood"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114483446910666616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}