Sources: No. 2 ’25 QB Lewis decommits from USC

• Pete Thamel Close Pete Thamel ESPN College Football Elder Author for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday.Eli Lederman Close Eli Lederman ESPN Personnel Author Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Nov 17, 2024, 02:11 PM ET Julian Lewis, the No. 2 player and quarterback in the 2025 class, decommitted from USC on Sunday, sources told ESPN

, sealing a seismic development for one of the country’s top prospects in the closing weeks of the recruiting cycle.Lewis’ decommitment, which had actually been expected, comes the day after the 6-foot-1, 195-pound quarterback took an unofficial see to Georgia for the game versus Tennessee.

He also visited Colorado on Oct. 26 and expressed interest in Indiana throughout his recruitment.The strategy stays for Lewis to commit in the upcoming weeks and enlist early in school, according to sources. He’s the leading uncommitted player in the class of 2025 and his choice looms as one

of the greatest stories of the early finalizing duration with Colorado, Georgia and Indiana expected to compete for his signature before the signing duration opens Dec. 4. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Sources also informed ESPN on Sunday that four-star Texas A&M quarterback pledge Husan Longstreet, No. 47 in the 2025 ESPN 300, has actually flipped his promise to USC in the wake of Lewis’departure

from the Trojans

‘ inbound class.USC quarterbacks coach Luke Huard participated in Longstreet’s championship game at Corona Centennial High School in California on Friday night, and ESPN’s No. 4 pocket passer went to the Trojans during their game versus Nebraska on Saturday.Lewis had been verbally

dedicated to the Trojans given that Aug. 22, 2023. Yet concerns had actually swirled over his recruitment from the summertime into the fall and all the way through to his decommitment from USC on Sunday.Lewis’move marks the latest blow to a USC class that has now lost 6 dedications from the 2025 ESPN 300 in this cycle.That list of high-profile departures from Lincoln Riley’s inbound class consists of first-class protectors Justus Terry and Isaiah Gibson, and Lewis’exit stands as USC’s 3rd recruiting loss in the past 7 days following the turns of defensive lineman Hayden Lowe( Miami)and cornerback Shamar Arnoux(Auburn ). The Trojans sat ninth in ESPN’s latest class rankings for the 2025 cycle prior to Lewis’decommitment.With the relocation, Lewis quickly gains back status as the among nation’s most sought-after uncommitted potential customers. He initially went into that realm in 2022 when he rupture onto the national scene with 4,118 backyards and 48 goals while leading Carrollton to the Georgia 7A state title game in his freshman season.That debut campaign earned Lewis a location as the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 class before he reclassified into the 2025 cycle previously this year, several months after his dedication to USC last August.