The Detroit native and star quarterback at nearby Belleville High School walks into an ideal situation at Michigan, which fielded one of college football’s worst offenses in the country in 2024 — weighed down by a bad passing offense that saw three different quarterbacks start games.

New Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood saw this all along, predicting that the Buckeyes would fall in an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show. He beat Ohio State before even suiting up for Michigan — what a legend! Spotted during Iowa-Ohio State College sports pettiness is inspiring #B1GMBBT pic.twitter.com/SSHVMfFdkX

“A couple Heismans and at least one natty,” Underwood, the nation’s top recruit out of Belleville High, said on the show. The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually to the top player in college football and "natty" is a slang term for national championship.