College Football 2026: Meet the Seven QBs Poised to Rewrite the FBS Playbook
What he produced wasn’t amazing. His 72.1% well-thrown ball rate was last among primary Big Ten starters. He was effective as a designed runner, taking 28 carries for a 7.3-yard average, and as a scrambler, taking off 44 times on broken plays and averaging 6.2 yards on them. He also didn’t fare too badly in the sacks department. But when Underwood faced elite defenses, he acted more like a true freshman quarterback.
Does this mean Underwood’s Michigan tenure is slated to go the way Dylan Raiola’s Nebraska tenure went? Of course not. But he was playing in what turned out to be an unstable environment last year, under now-fired head coach Sherrone Moore and now-removed offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey. All of that’s new in his sophomore season with Kyle Whittingham taking over the Wolverines and Jason Beck joining him from Utah as offensive coordinator. The wide receivers, famously lacking last year, also should improve this year, if only because sophomore Andrew Marsh is a stud.



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