Five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 prospect in the 2025 ESPN 300 recruiting rankings, has reversed his commitment from LSU to Michigan, he confirmed on social media Thursday.

Underwood announced the news with a video on Instagram with the caption “Hometown Hero.”

The move comes amid a critical recruiting shake-up, especially at the quarterback position, just 13 days after the start of the early signing period.

Underwood, a 6-foot-1, 210-pounder from Belleville, Michigan, is the best pocket passer in the class. With his spin, he becomes the highest-rated commit in Michigan program history and the top prospect in Sherrone Moore’s inaugural recruiting class, which currently sits at No. 14 in ESPN’s latest team rankings for the 2025 cycle.

YES sir! #GoBlue🔵 The best players in Michigan are going to Michigan! #ProcessoverPrice25

— Sherrone Moore (@Coach_SMoore) November 21, 2024

Underwood’s move comes as the latest piece of seismic quarterback movement atop the 2025 class ahead of the start of the early signing period on Dec. 4. Five-star quarterback Julian Lewis left USC on Nov. 17 and then committed to Colorado earlier Thursday.

Underwood has been committed to LSU since Jan. 6 and has remained the crown jewel of Brian Kelly’s 2025 class over the past 10 months. Still, Michigan stayed in touch with Underwood, located less than 30 minutes from Michigan Stadium, throughout his senior season at Belleville High School.

The Wolverines have intensified their pursuit of Underwood over the past two months, with sources telling ESPN that the program was expanding to include a competitive NIL package. The Oct. 30 decommitment of four-star quarterback Carter Smith (No. 155 in the ESPN 300) from the Wolverines increased the buzz around a potential Underwood flip.

Michigan secures a potentially program-defining quarterback and one of the most important commitments in program history less than 12 months after Moore replaced Jim Harbaugh after the Wolverines claimed the 2023 national championship.

If Underwood signs with the Wolverines on Dec. 4, he will be the first No. 1 recruit to join Michigan since the program drafted defensive tackle Rashan Gary in 2016.

Underwood would also join Gary and defensemen Jabrill Peppers (2014 class) and Dax Hill (2019) as the only five-star players to land in Ann Arbor since 2006, according to ESPN’s rankings.

He will mark the Wolverines’ highest-ranked quarterback commitment since Michigan landed quarterback Ryan Mallett (No. 12) in the 2007 class.

Whether or not Underwood is ready to take over as starter in 2025, his commitment provides critical stability at the quarterback position in Ann Arbor as Moore closes out a turbulent first season.

Michigan has struggled to find a replacement for national title-winning quarterback JJ McCarthy in 2024, bouncing between Davis Warren, Alex Orji and Jack Tuttle in a 5-5 start this fall. Warren and Orji will also be eligible after this season, as will former 2024 four-star quarterback Jadyn Davis.

Michigan also has four-star quarterback Brady Hart committed for the 2026 cycle.

A composed passer who quickly tests opposing defenses in the open field, Underwood has spent the past four years as one of the nation’s most coveted prospects, ahead of top quarterbacks Lewis (USC), Tavien St. Clair (Ohio State) and Keelon. Russell (Alabama) in the ESPN 2025 300.

Underwood burst onto the national stage in 2021, when he threw for 2,888 yards and 39 touchdowns in his freshman season at Belleville. He led the Tigers to back-to-back state titles in his first two seasons under center, then earned Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year honors as a junior in 2023, when he completed 64.8% of his passes for 3,329 yards and 44 touchdowns while Leading Belleville to a third straight state title game appearance.

With just one regular season loss since September 2021, Underwood and Belleville entered this month’s state playoffs as favorites to claim the program’s third state championship in four years.