Colorado coach Deion Sanders has filled his pending vacant roster spot at quarterback with Julian Lewis, a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2025.

Lewis is ranked No. 6 at the quarterback position by the 247Sports composite. Over the weekend, he decommitted from Southern California, to which he gave his verbal pledge in August 2023, and on Thursday announced his new destination on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

Lewis, from Carrollton (Ga.) High School, also considered offers from schools including Georgia, Indiana and Auburn before committing to the Buffaloes.

The 6-foot-1 quarterback earlier reclassified from the 2026 class. Last week, he went over 10,000 career passing yards in high school.

Colorado’s current starting quarterback, Shedeur Sanders, is expected to be the first quarterback selected in the 2025 NFL Draft. And Lewis said he welcomes the chance to compete to replace the coach’s son.

“Coach Prime always says that the best players are gonna play and I wanna come in and compete,” Lewis told McAfee. “I wouldn’t have much fun sitting on the bench and I wanted to come somewhere that I have a chance to play.”