College football’s 2025 recruiting class was the subject of a significant announcement on Thursday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show.” After recently decommitting from USC, five-star recruit Julian Lewis, who ESPN ranks as the second-best quarterback in the class, announced his plan to commit to Colorado.
In 2024, I plan to continue my academic and sports endeavors. At Georgia’s Carrollton High School, Lewis emerged as one of the country’s best quarterback recruits. He will now join head coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes. Why did Lewis decide on Colorado?
Here are the specifics of the quarterback’s commitment, including what scouts have observed from Lewis and the reasons for his choice to forego his initial USC offer. MORE: Monitoring every coaching change for college football in 2024 Julian Lewis committed to Colorado for what reason?
Lewis choose Colorado in order to emulate Shedeur Sanders, who is anticipated to be selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, and to have an instant opportunity to challenge Deion Sanders for the starting quarterback position. During Lewis’ visit to the Buffaloes, Colorado’s current quarterback posed for a picture with the program’s future quarterback: Julian “Ju Ju,” a five-star quarterback in 2025 Colorado is Lewis’s commitment. Coach Prime has identified Shedeur Sanders’ replacement for the Buffs. “Coach Prime always says that the best players are going to play, and I want to come in and compete,” Lewis stated on “The Pat McAfee Show” on his desire to “come in and compete” at Colorado.
I wanted to go somewhere where I could play since I wouldn’t enjoy sitting on the bench. November 21, 2024 A promotional film announcing Lewis’s promise, which implied Shedeur Sanders “handing over the keys” to the young quarterback at Colorado, was also shared on social media:
