Overview

• Brent Venables said Underwood is “quick, decisive, accurate, poised, tough, consistent” and noted he “reminds me a lot of a Trevor Lawrence,” per ESPN.
• No. 15 Michigan visits No. 18 Oklahoma on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC in Norman, where Underwood makes his first road start.
• Underwood, ESPN’s No. 1 recruit in the 2025 class, won the job late in camp over transfers Mikey Keene and Jake Garcia.
• The freshman opened with 21-of-31 passing for 251 yards and a touchdown in a 34–17 victory against New Mexico.
• Venables, who oversees Oklahoma’s defense, faces Underwood after the Sooners held Illinois State to 151 total yards, while new QB John Mateer threw for 392 in his debut.