Colorado self-reported minor NCAA rules violation after Deion Sanders mentioned 5-star QB Julian Lewis on his coaches show

Colorado signed Julian Lewis in December after Lewis de-committed from USC. (Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Colorado self-reported a minor NCAA rules violation because a prominent member of Colorado’s 2025 recruiting class was mentioned on Deion Sanders’ coaches show.

Per records obtained by USA Today, Colorado self-reported two violations involving five-star quarterback Julian Lewis. The former USC commit flipped to Colorado in November and signed with the Buffaloes in December. But college coaches aren’t supposed to mention the names of recruits who haven’t officially signed with their school. And Sanders said Lewis’ name during a show before he officially signed with the school when he was indirectly asked about the quarterback’s commitment.

From USA Today:

Sanders then gave an example of how he recruited Lewis.

“Hey, get JuJu on the phone and get his pop on the phone,” Sanders said as an example. “See if his dad want to come down and just sit down and chop it up with me.”

“He sat in my office I think a few weeks ago for a couple hours,” Deion Sanders said on the show about the father. “I said, `C,mon, give it all to me because I know you’ve got a bunch of questions on your mind. Let’s go.’ And we did that. And he walked away feeling really comfortable about where we’re headed.”

The other infraction came when the host of a coaches show mentioned Lewis’ name in a question to Sanders before Lewis had signed.

Per the report, Colorado has added rules education for Sanders and given itself a four-day reduction in in-person recruiting during the spring recruiting period. The two shows that generated the NCAA violations were removed from YouTube and Sanders’ show will not be live-streamed on the platform going forward.

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Publish date : 2025-01-23 20:00:00

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