Urban Meyer offers the most unlikely praise for Bryce Underwood at Michigan

Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood has been under a lot of fire this offseason. Multiple talking heads in the media have given, honestly, their unwanted opinions on Underwood and his skills as a quarterback. Some of the strongest opinions have come from non-quarterbacks, how ironic.

Players like former Utah and NFL legend Eric Weddle, a former player of Kyle Whittingham, all but said Underwood can't play quarterback, and he wouldn't be surprised if the backup quarterback is starting by Week 2. That is just ridiculous to say about a former five-star recruit and No. 1 overall prospect.

Sure, Underwood didn't have a stellar freshman season as many thought he would, and looked underwhelming in the 2026 Spring Game. However, spring games aren't meant to showcase a ton of talent and plays that are meant for the season.

Underwood is getting ready to head into his second season with the Wolverines, and he is finally getting some positive comments from the media, but this comes from the most unlikely source: Urban Meyer. That is right, the former Ohio State head coach actually had something nice to say about Underwood. Someone may want to check and see if he is feeling alright.

"If God said, 'I'm going to go make me a quarterback,' it's going to look a lot like Bryce Underwood," Meyer said on his podcast, "The Triple Option." "As far as size, athleticism, he's a great kid, he works at it."

Urban Meyer has total faith in Kyle Whittingham developing Bryce Underwood properly

It feels like hell must be freezing over because you heard it: Meyer actually had some solid praise for the Michigan quarterback. Now, Meyer does go on to say that Underwood still has some work to do, but he fully believes that Kyle Whittingham is the man for the job when it comes to developing his young gunslinger.

Every player can improve, including a five-star like Underwood, and last season was not what anyone had hoped for. When Underwood flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan, he was immediately treated as the second coming in Ann Arbor, and that is a lot of pressure on one single player.

Underwood knew the expectations that were put on him and did his best to meet them, but only 2,428 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions weren't what people wanted to see from someone Michigan is paying a lot of NIL money to. Now, Underwood did use his legs a lot last season, running for 392 yards and six rushing touchdowns.

It might almost feel like freshman year all over again for Underwood, working with a whole new coaching staff again, but there seems to be more excitement about the team that Whittingham has built in Ann Arbor. Meyer certainly believes that Whittingham, an old friend, can be the one to turn things around at Michigan.

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