Michigan football's Bryce Underwood has 'sky's the limit' potential

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Usually, true freshmen aren't thrust into the starting quarterback position in college football, but such was the case for Bryce Underwood with Michigan football a year ago. And he had moments where he showcased his talent and why he was the No. 1 overall recruit in the country, but he also showed that he was an inexperienced true freshman, at times.

Head coach Kyle Whittingham already noted that Underwood will be the starter this season, reprising his role from last year. And though rival fans feign celebration, if Michigan can get the most out of Underwood, then those rival teams ought to beware.

Whittingham shared more on the latest In the Trenches podcast.

"Bryce's ceiling is tough to measure. It's up there. It's way up there," Whittingham said. "He was thrust into a starting role last year. I guess he had just barely turned 18 years old when he was the starting quarterback at a big-time Power Four school, and so I thought he performed pretty good given the circumstances."

So what does maximizing his potential look like?

Whittingham didn't go into detail, but he did denote that there are a lot of ways that the Wolverines can get more out of Underwood. Underwood hired Jordan Palmer, a noted NFL QB coach, to work with him this offseason, but beyond that, unlike last year, he has multiple on-field coaches who are set to develop him and get the most out of his talent.

"There's some things he needs to refine in his game. He knew that and knows that, and we've been working on that all throughout the winter conditioning," Whititngham said. "He's got two real dedicated quarterback coaches, Koy Detmer that does nothing but spend time with the quarterback and coach him, and then Jason Beck is a masterful quarterback coach as well, so he supplements what Koy's doing, and we're seeing progress. If Bryce can get everything smoothed and get the deficiencies that he had fixed, the sky's the limit for that young man."

Michigan football started spring practice on Tuesday, with eyes on the April 18 spring game at The Big House.

This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football QB Bryce Underwood's potential per Kyle Whittingham

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