The Colorado Buffaloes parted ways with several key players after the 2024 season. Both of Coach Prime’s sons, Shedeur and Shilo, have also finished their collegiate eligibility and are preparing for the upcoming NFL draft. The offseason has been a rebuilding the team for the upcoming new era in Boulder.
As the Buffs continue their offseason revamp and training, five-star Buffs QB Julian “Ju Ju Lewis” has a lot of expectations surrounding his debut. Despite the responsibilities, he also enjoys supporting local teams in other sports.
5-Star QB Julian ‘Ju Ju’ Lewis in the House to Support the Denver Nuggets
With the departure of Shedeur Sanders, Lewis is one recruit who Deion Sanders brought in for the upcoming season. He was initially committed to the USC Trojans, but the Buffs managed to flip his commitment to Boulder in November 2024.
Apart from football, it looks like Julian Lewis also has an interest in the NBA. He was present to support the Denver Nuggets during their showdown with the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, February 20 at the Ball Arena.
The Denver Nuggets gave Julian Lewis a warm reception to the game. They took to Instagram to post a picture of the quarterback courtside. Lewis smiled and posed for the camera while cheering on his favorite team.
“We had JuJu Lewis courtside for tonight’s dub,” the caption read.
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The Nuggets managed to secure a 128-115 victory at home. This win gave them a 38-19 record for the season.
While Lewis may make his collegiate debut with the Buffs during the 2025 season, there are still questions about who Colorado’s starter will be.
Coach Prime also brought in Kaidon Salter from Liberty to strengthen his QB depth chart. He has not yet announced the starter for the upcoming season. So, the spring practices will finalize who will be the QB1 of the Buffs this year.
DNVR Buffs Co-Host Points Out Lewis’ Popularity After Nuggets Visit
Lewis is one of the most popular freshmen of the 2025 season. Even when he was in high school, he was the talk of the town as teams tried to secure his commitment. For an NBA team like the Nuggets to share a post dedicated to a college freshman speaks volumes about his popularity.
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“DNVR Buffs” co-host Ryan Koeingsberg also pointed out this trait of the five-star quarterback. He retweeted the Nuggets post about Lewis on X while highlighting the spotlight on the freshman QB.
“How many schools have official NBA accounts posting about their freshman early enrollees being at the game,” Keingsberg wrote in his tweet.
How many schools have official NBA accounts posting about their freshman early enrollees being at the game? https://t.co/OmXKhdnGDy
— RK (@RyanKoenigsberg) February 21, 2025
Julian Lewis currently has over 50k followers on X and 195k followers on Instagram. His popularity shot after he announced his commitment to Deion Sanders’ team. It will be interesting to see if he can live up to the hype surrounding his collegiate journey.
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