Bryce Underwood has been in the limelight since he arrived in Ann Arbor. However, his recent remarks about his position among QBs who came out of Michigan have invited some criticism. To protect him from future controversies, former Michigan captain David Gardner offered him words of wisdom: stay grounded, choose words carefully.
“It’s just, why do you have to invite this scrutiny, because we’ve seen that you don’t deal with it well, right?” Michigan alum David Gardner said on his show, The Blueprint, on June 8. “It’s just that you got the rabbit ears, and a lot of it may be affecting the way you play. I can remember early in my career reading my press clipping. When you read [them], it’s not just the positive stuff, right? You’re going to see the negative stuff. When you see that, you don’t think it affects you, but it gets in your subconscious.”
On June 20, during the youth football camp at Saline High School, Underwood discussed his motivation heading into the 2026 season. In what should have been a standard response, the Michigan QB1 made a bold claim that drew attention…