A shocker was reported successful the assemblage shot recruitment satellite Thursday night, erstwhile Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 wide imaginable by ESPN 300, flipped his committedness from LSU to Michigan.
Michigan was reportedly pulling retired each the stops, and its checkbook, to onshore Underwood, the prima backmost for Belleville High School successful the state.
The precocious schoolhouse is simply a fractional hr distant from Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
Underwood announced the quality with a video connected his Instagram story, captioning it "Hometown Hero."
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Belleville backmost Bryce Underwood keeps the shot and runs against Saline during the 2nd fractional of a territory last astatine Belleville High School successful Belleville Nov. 8, 2024. (Imagn)
The aboriginal signing play for precocious schoolhouse athletes is little than 2 weeks away, making this a immense determination for manager Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines.
Underwood is making past with this determination to Michigan, becoming the highest-rated committedness successful the program’s existence, not to notation Moore’s apical enlistee successful his inaugural class.
Moore took implicit for Jim Harbaugh arsenic Michigan’s caput manager aft the team’s nationalist rubric tally successful 2023 erstwhile Harbaugh filled the Los Angeles Chargers’ caput manager vacancy.
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 a territory last astatine Belleville High School successful Belleville Nov. 8, 2024. (Imagn)
It’s chartless what Underwood’s NIL concern with the Wolverines is specifically, but it’s harmless to accidental it played a origin successful him staying enactment successful his location state.
NIL wealth astatine these universities is changing the mode recruiting is done, and since Underwood is simply a statement No. 1 recruit, we're seeing however these programs tin flex their fiscal musculus to onshore immoderate of the champion players successful the country.
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.
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Underwood tin officially motion with Michigan Dec. 4, erstwhile helium would go the archetypal No. 1 wide enlistee since Rashan Gary signed with the Wolverines successful 2016.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.