Middle school QB Julian Lewis impressed by Georgia gameday experience

Carrolton, Ga., eighth-grader Julian Lewis has yet to play a snap of varsity high school football. There has been buzz about the young signal caller’s college potential for years in the state of Georgia.

Lewis, who is 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, traveled to Athens where he watched Georgia roll past UAB 56-7 on Saturday.

Lewis doesn’t have any offers as of now, but he’s already getting a feel for a few schools he hopes will have interest in the future. He had never been to a Georgia football game before Saturday.

“The atmosphere was amazing,” Lewis said “The crowd. The music and the players. I’ve never seen anything like it. I was at Georgia Tech last week, so it was great to be able to compare them in back-to-back weeks.”

Georgia senior quarterback Stetson Bennett tied the school’s passing touchdown record in just over two quarters of work on Saturday.

There were plenty of big plays along the way and enough to wow Lewis in the stands.

“They aired UAB out,” Lewis said. “The coaches really moved the ball around. It was explosive.”

Lewis was alongside a few of his teammates from Carrolton on Saturday. He got a little motivational push from being in the atmosphere.

“Being able to share it with my Carrollton teammates was probably the best part of the experience,” Lewis said “It motivated me to get back to work. That’s really my focus is to get better so that one day I will have the opportunity to play at this level.”

Julian Lewis finds familiar faces

Julian Lewis got to connect with a few familiar faces on Saturday. Fairburn (Ga.) Langston Hughes junior offensive tackle Johnathan “Bo” Hughley was also in Athens. Atlanta (Ga.) Woodward Academy 2024 defensive back C.J. Heard also played with Hughley and Lewis.

“We’ve (Lewis and Hughley) known each other for a long time, same with CJ Heard,” Lewis said. “Daniel Calhoun was there as well. We had a chance to talk. He’s a monster.”

Lewis hopes to attend more games this fall. He hopes to get to more SEC and ACC games this fall. He named Penn State as a school he must get to by the end of the season.