Can Colorado coach Deion Sanders take a step nearer this weekend to touchdown his splashy, flashy recruit in 2025?
On Thursday, it was confirmed that five-star USC quarterback commit Julian Lewis would go to Colorado this weekend for its sport in opposition to Cincinnati.
This isn’t Lewis’ first time visiting Colorado which makes one imagine there’s critical curiosity within the Buffaloes as the ultimate weeks come to an in depth earlier than the early signing interval.
The Carrollton, Ga., five-star has been dedicated to the Trojans for greater than a yr, making his pledge in August 2023.
Since that point, although, his recruitment has taken some completely different twists and turns as Auburn grew to become a critical contender till Deuce Knight dedicated. Previous to that, all of the chatter was about Lewis flipping to Georgia however then the Bulldogs took a dedication from four-star QB Ryan Montgomery within the spring and that ship sailed.
Over the previous couple of months, the three groups mentioned in Lewis’ recruitment have been USC, Colorado and Indiana.
There was greater than hypothesis final week that Lewis could be in Bloomington for the Hoosiers’ sport in opposition to Nebraska on Saturday however last-minute flight preparations couldn’t be accommodated.
Even after USC’s disappointing 3-4 begin, Lewis has remained steadfast in his recruitment.
The Carrollton standout who has accomplished greater than 76 p.c of his passes for two,259 yards with 34 touchdowns and 4 interceptions to date this season has visited USC twice for video games this season.
His relationship with coach Lincoln Riley, the Heisman and first-round quarterback whisperer regardless of struggles this season, stays very sturdy. NIL alternatives stay vital for Lewis in that huge media market.
However Colorado offers one other stage of intrigue.
From speaking to sources, the constructive is that Sanders has rapidly put Colorado again on the map and his Buffaloes are actually 5-2 heading into their Cincinnati matchup.
Beginning quarterback Shedeur Sanders must be an early first-round NFL Draft choose. Former No. 1 total prospect Travis Hunter is within the thick of the Heisman Trophy hunt. Lewis completely respects offensive coordinator/place coach Pat Shurmur and his NFL teaching bona fides.
The considerations: After Sanders’ sons depart for the NFL and Hunter goes with him (who’s as near Sanders as his circle of relatives), does the Colorado coach search for an off-ramp someplace else? After his success in Boulder, SEC applications might make it a sexy consideration.
And the second concern may very well be what does Colorado appear to be after Shedeur, Hunter and different prime switch stars depart? If Lewis flips to the Buffaloes, will Sanders – whether or not by the portal and fewer seemingly highschool recruiting since that has not been this system’s most important focus – encompass the five-star quarterback with different stars?
Sanders is understood for his splashes whether or not it was flipping Hunter from Florida State to Jackson State on signing day, or the emergence of his son as one in every of faculty soccer’s greatest quarterbacks or getting five-star offensive sort out Jordan Seaton, who has been phenomenal beginning as a freshman.
May Lewis be subsequent?
This weekend might go a protracted approach to answering that query.
