Not many believed that Michigan football stood much of a chance in flipping 2025 Belleville (Mich.) five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood from LSU, but the Wolverines put a coalition together, and on Thursday last week,

Billionaire Larry Ellison is linked to helping fund the NIL deal that led to Bryce Underwood flipping his recruitment from LSU to the University of Michigan.

Ellison, who ranks No. 2 on Forbes’ real-time billionaires list, is not a Michigan alumni but the Wolverines apparently hold a special place in his heart. That’s because his current wife, Jolin Ellison, bleeds maize and blue.