Good breakdown of Underwood by On3 (free read)

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LSU lands a franchise talent in QB Bryce Underwood

Bryce Underwood is an elite arm talent

In watching film this fall, it became apparent that Bryce Underwood‘s downfield arm is unrivaled in high school football. After going through the early seasons of top quarterbacks from the 2024, 2025 and 2026 cycles, Underwood looked to be the top pure arm talent regardless of class. When On3 tabbed him as the No. 1 prospect in 2025 10 months ago, I wrote “No current high school quarterback prospect put more high-level throws on film last fall than Bryce Underwood.” That was the case this fall, as well.

There is a legitimate ‘wow’ factor to many of Underwood’s passes. At 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, there’s a degree of explosion in the arm that immediately sticks out. Underwood employs considerable torque to uncoil his long arms to result in a whippy motion that produces high RPM’s on the ball. He consistently shows the ability to rip throws 60+ yards downfield. Far hash throws look routine. He’s able to reset and quickly launch passes downfield in the face of pressure.

He shows good play speed and has been a dangerous and productive rusher when called upon. Underwood is certainly a pass-first signal caller, but he’s capable of picking up chunk yardage when the play breaks down.

As a junior in 2023, Underwood completed 64.9% of his passes for 3,329 yards and 41 touchdowns against just three interceptions. He added 199 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns on the ground. He’s accounted for 138 touchdowns through his first three seasons of high school football.

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