{"id":96886,"date":"2025-06-02T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96886\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:25:10","slug":"michigan-qb-bryce-underwood-is-a-phenomenal-leader-and-on-the-right-track-heading-into-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96886\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan QB Bryce Underwood is a ‘phenomenal leader’ and ‘on the right track’ heading into summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2014\u00a0Michigan Wolverines football<\/a> assistant coaches made the trip to Wayne State for the Sound Mind Sound Body National College Showcase satellite camp. Evaluating in-state talent and building relationships is at the forefront at the event \u2014\u00a0and those two things have been important to recent recruiting developments at Michigan.<\/p>\n

After all, the Maize and Blue landed the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2025 class \u2014\u00a0quarterback Bryce Underwood<\/a> \u2014\u00a0out of Belleville<\/a> (Mich.) High just last cycle.<\/p>\n

Michigan wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Ron Bellamy<\/a> has seen plenty of in-state recruits thrive at Michigan. He believes Underwood \u2014\u00a0the 6-foot-4, 214-pounder \u2014\u00a0will be one of the next at the program the quarterback grew up wanting to play for.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou take more pride in it,\u201d Bellamy said of in-state players. \u201cAnd local guys see that, and a guy of his caliber, you want to follow him. He has a huge following here in this state, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s gonna help on the recruiting trail for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underwood joined Michigan in December and went through bowl practices, winter workouts and spring ball. It\u2019s safe to say he impressed teammates and coaches early on.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s smart, man,\u201d Bellamy noted. \u201cThe way Bryce attacks football, man \u2014\u00a0he\u2019s the first one, last one [in the building]. He\u2019s a sponge, always wanting to learn. Hanging around the receivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat leader. For a 17-year-old kid, phenomenal leader. We all know about the physical attributes, but I think he\u2019s on the right track. He\u2019s definitely on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leadership aspect is uncommon for players of his age.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper [rare],\u201d the Michigan coach continued. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t get rattled. He\u2019s always working. And you love that as a coach, because you know the quarterback usually leads the team and guys follow. You can see that following now with some of the guys \u2014\u00a0not just guys in his class, but some of the older guys too that Bryce has done a good job with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bellamy, a former Michigan wide receiver and historian of the program, was asked who Underwood reminds him of from the past. He didn\u2019t put any limits on Underwood\u2019s game, nor give him the praise of comparing him to greats just yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. He\u2019s unique,\u201d Underwood replied. \u201cHe\u2019s a big kid with a strong arm, accurate, super cerebral, super smart kid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of great quarterbacks at Michigan. I don\u2019t think it would be fair to Bryce to say who\u2019s comparable to him now, because he hasn\u2019t taken a snap yet. But obviously, there are a lot of great things that he\u2019s done thus far in a short time. You can see it \u2014\u00a0you can definitely see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m most impressed with his leadership and the way he comes out there ready to go every day. For a young kid, that\u2019s pretty impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2014\u00a0Michigan Wolverines football assistant coaches made the trip to Wayne State for the Sound Mind Sound Body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24179,5977,7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-96886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-bryce-underwood","9":"tag-bryce-underwood-25-belleville-high-school","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114610931283992975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96886","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=96886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}