ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Suppose you haven’t heard the groundbreaking news by now.
In that case, you must have been sleeping under a rock as Belleville High School quarterback Bryce Underwood, the nation’s top recruit for the 2025 class, has flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan.
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What got lost in the groundswell Thursday (Nov. 21) night was many people’s role in Underwood’s decision to join the Michigan Wolverines, which came to light Friday afternoon.
According to CBS Sports, seven-time Super Bowl champion and Wolverines alum Tom Brady contacted Underwood to seek help re-establishing his former football team’s success.
During the recruitment process, which started back in the spring of 2024, Brady, who many believe is the G.O.A.T, especially at the quarterback position, Facetimed the dual-threat phenom and started building a relationship with him.
According to people close to the recruitment process, those talks were one of many factors that helped the Belleville High School star land in Ann Arbor.
For those of you who’ve never seen teen Brady don the maize and blue, he was buried on the depth chart but worked up to the backup position before battling former No. 1 recruit Drew Henson for the starting role.
Brady became the starter in 1998 and 1999 when he capped off his career with a win over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Orange Bowl.
The future Pro Football Hall of Famer went to the New England Patriots in the 2000 NFL draft at pick 199.
Brady spent 20 seasons with the Patriots, winning six Super Bowls. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for three seasons, where he won his seventh during the COVID-19 season, which just so happened to be his first with the NFC.
Who better than to have Brady as a new friend who could guide you through this whole process on which Underwood will embark?
With the greatest of all time in his back pocket, Underwood still needed more guidance through the process of flipping to Michigan, so unbeknownst to the college football world, he took a private visit to The Big House, where he shadowed head coach Sherrone Moore and the program.
Reports indicated that he sat in on meetings and went to team practices as The Wolverines are gearing up for their matchup against the Northwestern Wildcats in their battle for the George Jewett Trophy.
By Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, the 6′3″ 205-pound dual-threat quarterback who led Belleville to a 10-2 record with 2,095 yards passing, 29 touchdowns, and three interceptions while also toting the rock for 489 yards and one touchdown informed the program that he was ready to be a Michigan man.
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