BREAKING: Five-Star QB Julian “Jules” Lewis Stuns College Football, Flips Commitment from USC to Oklahoma
NORMAN, OK — In a seismic recruiting coup that reaffirms Oklahoma’s offensive identity in its new conference, Julian “Jules” Lewis, the five-star quarterback from Carrollton, Georgia and the undisputed No. 1 overall player in the 2025 class, announced his shocking decommitment from USC on Friday, pledging instead to play for Head Coach Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners.
The announcement, delivered via a high-production social media reveal, marks a program-altering victory for the Sooners and their first-ever commitment from the nation’s consensus top-ranked player in the modern recruiting era. Lewis, a generational talent with preternatural poise, surgical accuracy, and elite field vision, had been the foundational cornerstone of Lincoln Riley’s USC program, viewed as the heir apparent to lead the Trojans into the Big Ten.
“Greatness is built where tradition and innovation meet,” Lewis declared, donning the iconic OU logo. “The legacy of quarterback excellence at Oklahoma, Coach Venables’s championship mindset, and the opportunity to lead this program into the SEC is a challenge I was born for. I believe in the vision in Norman. I’m coming to win championships. Boomer Sooner.”
For Head Coach Brent Venables, this flip is a transformative, era-defining triumph. To beat his predecessor, Lincoln Riley, for the most coveted quarterback in America delivers profound symbolic and competitive impact. It validates Venables’s complete program rebuild, proving that Oklahoma’s combination of defensive toughness, offensive innovation under coordinator Seth Littrell, and a robust NIL collective can win the sport’s ultimate battle for offensive talent, even against its own celebrated past.
The on-field implications are historic. Lewis is a pro-ready talent whose cerebral play and pinpoint arm are a perfect fit for the Sooners’ evolving offensive scheme. His commitment instantly catapults Oklahoma’s 2025 recruiting class into the national top five and acts as a powerful gravitational force, poised to trigger a wave of commitments from elite skill players wanting to catch passes from the nation’s best quarterback as OU enters the SEC.
The national ramifications are profound. For USC, this is a catastrophic loss, stripping the program of its franchise quarterback and delivering a stunning blow from its former coach’s former program. For the SEC, it announces that Oklahoma intends to be an immediate offensive force in its new league, armed with the sport’s ultimate prize at its most important position. For the college football landscape, it demonstrates that a program’s enduring brand, combined with a coach’s relentless culture-building, can overcome even the deepest of historic quarterback pipelines.
In Norman, Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is already buzzing with a renewed sense of destiny. Julian “Jules” Lewis is more than a recruit; he is a statement of sovereignty. Brent Venables hasn’t just secured a quarterback; he has secured the face of Oklahoma’s SEC future and delivered a poetic, program-defining victory. The message is unequivocal: Oklahoma is not just entering a new conference; it is arriving with the best player in America to lead the charge.
