Norman is Underwood's coach at Belleville High School in Michigan, and even his shock shows how big of a move this was for Underwood. For months, Underwood to LSU seemed like it was set in stone. After the flip, LSU's Brian Kelly caught the wrong end of trolling on social media, which resulted in a tough loss for the Tigers.

Underwood’s announcement marked the third straight recruiting cycle where a high-profile quarterback recruit in Michigan would be leaving the state to play college football, joining Detroit Martin Luther King’s Dante Moore in 2023 (signed with LSU but since transferred to Oregon), and Saline’s CJ Carr in 2024 (Notre Dame).