Michigan QB Bryce Underwood displays up-and-down spring game - ESPN

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood showed glimpses of the growing pains he will experience as a freshman and flashes of the promise that made him the nation's top-rated high school football recruit in the Wolverines' spring game Saturday.

Underwood was 12-of-25 for 187 yards with a scrimmage-ending 88-yard pass to tight end Jalen Hoffman on a reverse flea-flicker in a 17-0 win for the Blue over the Maize.

He also recovered his own fumble, had a pair of delay-of-game penalties and several errant throws.

As the Wolverines wrapped up spring football in front of 30,000 fans at the Big House, all eyes were on Underwood.

«He did well, made some really good throws and had some things we need to clean up and get better at,» coach Sherrone Moore said.

Underwood was sacked on his first snap and his first completion went for a loss. He did throw some darts, usually in the flat, and was quick enough to escape collapsed pockets to pick up yardage with his feet.

Underwood will compete with sophomore Jadyn Davis and Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene for playing time ahead of the season-opening game on Aug. 30 at home against Fresno State.

«It's a battle that's going to go all the way through fall camp,» Moore said.

He is motivated to start and kick off a legacy-building career with lofty goals.

«A couple of Heismans and at least one natty,» Underwood said last month in an interview on «The Rich Eisen Show.»

Underwood knows there will be people doubting he can live up to the hype.

"'He's just a freshman. He won't be good enough,'" Underwood said. «I might keep that chip my whole three years.»

He attended at Belleville High School, which is about 15 miles east of Ann Arbor, and flipped his commitment to Michigan