Nearly 50,000 fans stood in anticipation as Michigan football players began to stream out of the tunnel at Michigan Stadium and onto the damp field to begin warmups for the annual Maize vs. Blue Spring Game.
There was a tension in the air; everyone was waiting for the same person. A 17-year-old kid from Detroit, Bryce Underwood, emerged from the tunnel, and the crowd slowly began to roar as fans throughout the stadium realized he was there.
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Not since Jim Harbaugh took over the program as head coach in 2015 had there been this sort of build-up for a single person.