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Bryce Underwood, Nation's No. 1 Quarterback, Reveals Top Seven Schools

The top-ranked quarterback out of Michigan has Oregon among his top schools.

Max Torres

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2025 Belleville (Mich.) quarterback Bryce Underwood revealed his top seven schools on Monday.

Schools like Oregon, LSU, Michigan and Alabama all made the cut for the touted passer. 

Underwood is listed at 6'3", 205 pounds and plays his high school football at Belleville High School in Michigan.

He's rated a five-star (0.9995) recruit according to the 247Sports Composite. The same system ranks him the No. 2 player nationally, the No. 1 quarterback and the No. 1 recruit in Michigan. 

Underwood stacked up 41 reported scholarship offers, but whittled his list down to just seven on Monday. Will Stein and the Ducks offered him back in June, but he has not yet made the trip out to Eugene. 

He has however taken visits to LSU, Colorado and Penn State this fall. The Michigan native has completed 112-of-166 passes for 2,051 yards and 26 touchdowns against just 1 interception so far in his junior season, according to MaxPreps. 

The Ducks hold a verbal commitment from 2025 San Diego (Calif.) Lincoln quarterback Akili Smith Jr., but appear to be continuing to recruit other passers.

Torres' Take

Underwood is a special talent and it's always great to be listed as a finalist for the No. 1 quarterback in the country. 

That said, I haven't heard any buzz between Oregon and Underwood and I would think the Ducks are very happy with what they have in Smith. I'm not 100% certain if they're planning to sign two quarterbacks in 2025 after landing commitments from Luke Moga and Michael Van Buren in 2024.

In my eyes I don't view the Ducks are much of a player here unless Underwood makes his way out for a visit. For what it's worth, Oregon has had some recent success recruiting Michigan quarterbacks, as they landed a commitment from Detroit (Mich.) Martin Luther King Jr. quarterback Dante Moore last year. 

However, he flipped his commitment to UCLA after Kenny Dillingham's departure to take the head coaching job at Arizona State.

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Max Torres
MAX TORRES

Max Torres is the publisher and lead editor of Ducks Digest. He's covered the Oregon football and recruiting beats for four years. He's based out of Long Beach, CA and travels around Southern California and the country covering top high school football prospects.

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