5-star QB Lewis dedicates to Coach Prime, Buffs
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Personnel WriterNov 21, 2024, 12:12 PM ET
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- 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.Five-star quarterback
Julian Lewis, the No. 2 recruit in the 2025 ESPN 300, dedicated to Colorado on Thursday, securing Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes a possibly transformational possibility in the 2025 recruiting class.Lewis revealed his dedication on”The Pat McAfee
Show” Thursday, sealing his promise to Colorado just four days after ESPN’s No. 2 quarterback prospect decommitted from USC on Sunday. Lewis will sign with Colorado when the early signing duration opens Dec. 4 and prepares to enlist early with the program in January, sources told ESPN.”I’m thrilled for the opportunity to get to work and contend,”Lewis told ESPN.” Colorado wasn’t recruiting me until I reclassed, so it actually was perfect timing. This is just the beginning. I rely on Coach Prime and [offending planner Pat] Shurmur to assist me end up being the player that I wish to be. “Year Recruit ESPN 300 Rank 2025 QB Julian Lewis Second 2008 RB Darrell Scott 9th
weeks of Sanders’
second season as coach.Colorado emerged as an instant front-runner for Lewis on Sunday after the 6-foot-1 passer pulled his long-standing promise to USC and became the country’s leading uncommitted possibility in the last weeks of the 2025 cycle.
Lewis had been connected carefully with the Buffaloes since his main visit to the program in June, and mutual interest continued through the fall to Lewis’return trip to Colorado for its 34-23 win over Cincinnati on Oct. 26. Georgia, which hosted Lewis for an unofficial go to Nov. 16, stood as another contender. Indiana likewise remained involved in Lewis’ recruitment following his main visit in May.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated With Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders– Deion’s kid– bound
for the NFL after this season, Lewis will arrive on school in 2025 with a clear course towards early playing time with the Buffaloes. And combined with Colorado’s on-field success this fall, Lewis ‘promise could be just the very first
domino in a
late-cycle recruiting rise as the program continues to target a handful of elite potential customers in the final days before the early signing period, consisting of top-100 employees London Merritt(Ohio State pledge ), Michael Carroll(Alabama)and Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng( uncommitted). As things stand, Lewis is the top-ranked member of a 2025 Buffaloes class that consists of 10 other 2025 dedicates, all from outside the ESPN 300. Lewis was the top prospect in the Class of 2026 when he initially committed to USC on Aug. 22, 2023. He later reclassified into the 2025 cycle earlier this year and stayed the foundation of the Trojans ‘ninth-ranked recruiting class as much as his decommitment. Soon after Lewis pulled his promise, USC secured a dedication from four-star quarterback Husan
Longstreet, a previous Texas A&M promise and ESPN’s No. 4 pocket passer in the 2025 class.After a 4-8 surface last season, Sanders has actually Colorado connected atop the Big 12 standings at 8-2 with 2 games remaining in the regular season. And in Lewis, Sanders has his latest recruiting boon.Lewis represents Sanders’highest-ranked promise because he flipped Travis Hunter from Florida State to Jackson State as the No. 2 overall prospect in the Class of 2022. Lewis now follows offensive tackle Jordan Seaton and cornerback Cormani McClain as the highest-rated of the 3 first-class potential customers who have devoted to Colorado given that Sanders took over in late 2022. When he signs next month, Lewis will mark the Buffaloes’ highest-ranked addition considering that Colorado landed running back Darrell Scott as the No. 9 overall possibility in the 2008 class.The Buffaloes reached No. 16 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. Colorado check outs Kansas on Saturday and can clinch a place in the Dec. 7 Big 12 national championship with a 5th straight win and losses from Iowa State and Arizona State.