Davis Warren was the starter and he had perhaps his best game yet. Alex Orji rode the bench, despite having started multiple games. Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit in the country who had flipped from LSU to Michigan earlier in the week, was on hand (at least publicly) for the first time in nearly a year.

"I think for all those guys it's going to give a huge jump," Michigan football QB Davis Warren said Friday at ReliaQuest Bowl practice.

Michigan football is knee-deep in preparation for the ReliaQuest Bowl matchup against Alabama, but at the same time, it's preparing for the future. There are multiple early enrollees from the 2025 rec