Michigan's new No. 1 recruit photographed with subject of sign-stealing scandal before Wolverines' game

Bryce Underwood made his archetypal travel to the Big House since flipping his commitment, and helium was successful Ann Arbor with a acquainted face.

Michigan's caller five-star enlistee flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan earlier this week, overmuch to the delight of Wolverines fans amid a disappointing follow-up to past year's nationalist championship.

As Underwood made his mode done the tailgate scene, helium posed for photos with Connor Stalions.

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Bryce Underwood, a recently committed backmost enlistee from Belleville, Mich., takes selfies with fans connected the sideline earlier the Michigan-Northwestern crippled Saturday Nov. 23, 2024, astatine Michigan Stadium successful Ann Arbor, Mich. (Steven King/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Stalions was the accused ringleader of an alleged sign-stealing ungraded wrong the Michigan program past year.

Underwood plays for adjacent Belleville High School, wherever Stalions is present a coach. Stalions began the play arsenic Mumford High School's caput manager but joined Belleville for the playoffs.

The backmost is listed arsenic ESPN's apical precocious schoolhouse imaginable successful the country. 

According to On3, Michigan was consenting to connection Underwood $10.5 cardinal successful NIL wealth implicit 4 years, an unprecedented sum for a subordinate who hasn’t played a assemblage snap. The study added earlier this period that LSU was hopeful Underwood would stay loyal to it aft committing to the Tigers successful January. 

Belleville backmost Bryce Underwood keeps the shot and runs against Saline during the 2nd fractional of the territory last astatine Belleville High School successful Belleville, Mich., Nov. 8, 2024. (Imagn)

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Michigan’s pursuit of Underwood ramped up successful the past mates months, according to ESPN, and the decommitment of Carter Smith, a four-star recruit, created buzz that Underwood could beryllium flipping. 

Stalions remains astatine the halfway of an probe into an alleged off-campus sign-stealing operation, which resulted successful Michigan suspending him successful October 2023 earlier helium resigned from his position. An NCAA probe besides led to a three-game suspension for erstwhile caput manager Jim Harbaugh during the team’s nationalist title tally past season. 

Connor Stalions during a crippled betwixt the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Ohio Stadium successful Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 26, 2022. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network)

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In August, Michigan received a draught of the NCAA’s announcement of allegations, which recovered grounds Stalions was wearing Central Michigan cogwheel with a sideline walk during a Chippewas shot crippled successful 2023 against Michigan State, the Wolverines' in-state rival, which was connected the schedule.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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