{"id":86373,"date":"2025-03-24T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/michigan-football-sherrone-moore-talks-early-spring-impressions-of-bryce-underwood-mikey-keene\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:31:53","slug":"michigan-football-sherrone-moore-talks-early-spring-impressions-of-bryce-underwood-mikey-keene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/michigan-football-sherrone-moore-talks-early-spring-impressions-of-bryce-underwood-mikey-keene\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Football: Sherrone Moore talks early spring impressions of Bryce Underwood, Mikey Keene"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANN ARBOR \u2013 Michigan Wolverines<\/a><\/strong> head coach Sherrone Moore<\/strong> spoke to the media on Monday at Schembechler Hall as the team prepares for its fourth day of spring practices on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood<\/a><\/strong> has been a main topic of discussion thus far as the face of U-M\u2019s re-shaped position group. The chance for him to enroll early and get his feet wet in the offense is something Moore does not take care granted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think just early enrollees in general, it\u2019s a great thing for the game and for those players to be able to come in and\u2026 not only just for football, for school, be able to handle school, be able to maneuver in school and know where your classes are, but for him and all the quarterbacks, it\u2019s been good,\u201d Moore said. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cAdjusting to things and doing things a little bit differently, but he\u2019s done well. He works his tail off. He\u2019s in here late, in here early, and, you know, those guys have really worked hard to compete at that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan does not have a set pecking order for how its signal-callers are repping this spring. All players are getting the chance to work with the 1s, 2s, 3s, etc. as the staff looks to set a foundation heading into the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re all practicing. They\u2019re all going,\u201d Moore said. \u201cSo everybody gets reps with the ones. Everybody gets reps with the twos. Everybody gets reps with the threes. And at the end of the day, all the reps are pretty balanced. We\u2019ll figure out who the starter is when we feel like we\u2019ve gotten to that point.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ay three, again, but guys have been making plays, so it\u2019s just been everybody gets even reps throughout practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

What U-M saw in Mikey Keene<\/h2>\n

Underwood is expected to be in a two-man battle for the starting quarterback job with Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene<\/a><\/strong>, who U-M had the chance to scout and play against in the 2024 season opener. He was on Moore\u2019s radar long before he became available in the transfer portal, the head coach says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the first thing we saw was when we played against him,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI remember watching him in the summer. I said, damn, this kid\u2019s pretty good. We\u2019ve got to deal with this dude in game one. He\u2019s making all these throws. He\u2019s experienced.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a study of all the guys that had the most snaps, and he\u2019s played the most snaps in college football on our team, over 2,000-something snaps. A guy that\u2019s played a lot of football, understands the moments, understands the big moments, understands what it takes to be really good. He\u2019s been a great addition for our football program.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a contrast in styles in how both players are built and operate. Underwood operates at 6-4, 208 pounds as a dual-threat guy who uses his legs to make plays. Keene stands 5-11, 200 pounds and is more crafty than he is mobile.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, size is a little different,\u201d Moore said. \u201cBut talk about a guy that knows the game, extremely intelligent, wants to be a coach after he gets done playing. So the experience piece is the biggest piece there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan\u2019s starting quarterback battle won\u2019t be rushed<\/h2>\n

With Michigan starting from zero on offense and with its quarterbacks, there is not going to be a rush to find answers or figure out who starts the season opener.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy that\u2019s making the most plays, that has the command of the offense and command of the team, because it can\u2019t just be the offense. It\u2019s got to be both sides of the ball,\u201d Moore said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll know whenever that happens, not in a rush to make that decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a great competition so far. But it\u2019s been awesome to watch those guys. They\u2019re so together. It\u2019s a room that\u2019s together and that understands it and support each other, which is really cool to see\u2026 I feel like those guys are competing at a high level, but they\u2019re still collaborative at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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