Sunderland, the nephew of former Michigan kicker Brandon Kornblue, is a former Major League Soccer goalkeeper, playing three seasons with FC Cincinnati from 2020-22. The Wolverines are set at place-kicker with senior Dominic Zvada, the 2024 Big Ten kicker of the year, but Sunderland is expected to handle kickoffs.

Michigan football struck gold last year when it landed former Arkansas State kicker Dominic Zvada out of the portal. Zvada was nearly perfect for the Wolverines

Beckham Sunderland, the nephew of former Michigan kicker Brandon Kornblue, announced his commitment in a social media post.

Brown is the type of talent that Michigan needs to keep adding in order to secure a consistently productive pass game, even beyond Underwood and his likely three-year tenure in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines already do have one wide receiver committed in the 2026 class in three-star Jaylen Pile.