{"id":1035249,"date":"2026-08-31T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1035249\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:01:28","slug":"kyle-whittingham-officially-names-michigan-footballs-qb2-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1035249\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Whittingham officially names Michigan Football\u2019s QB2 for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The quarterback depth chart behind starter Bryce Underwood has officially been settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Head coach Kyle Whittingham announced during his press conference on Monday morning that true freshman Tommy Carr has been named the direct backup quarterback for the 2026 season, giving the Wolverines a clear picture at the position heading into the season opener on Saturday vs Western Michigan (7:36 p.m., NBC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Carr \u2014 a legacy player whose grandfather, Lloyd, is a legendary coach around these parts \u2014 arrived in Ann Arbor as part of Michigan\u2019s 2026 recruiting class and has impressed enough during the spring and fall camp to leapfrog his competition at the position. He has added 10 pounds since the spring and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/mgoblue.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/tommy-carr\/28094\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listed<\/a> at 195 pounds on the roster heading into his first college season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This news also means that Carr, despite being a true freshman with zero college game experience, beat veteran Colorado State transfer Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and others on the depth chart for the QB2 role. It is a significant vote of confidence from Whittingham, offensive coordinator Jason Beck and quarterbacks coach Koy Detmer Jr. in a player who has been on campus for a handful of months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Of course, the hope for Michigan is that Carr never has to take a meaningful snap in 2026. Underwood is firmly entrenched as the starter heading into his sophomore season and has reportedly had a really good fall camp. The goal is to keep him healthy and upright behind what should be an improved offensive line, but knowing there is a capable, trusted option behind him gives the program a level of security at the game\u2019s most important position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The quarterback depth chart behind starter Bryce Underwood has officially been settled. Head coach Kyle Whittingham announced during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1035250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,8806,157980,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1035249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-michigan-football","tag-michigan-football-news","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117191198778009726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1035250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}