Mark Stoops may have landed a future NFL player in Alabama receiver Christian Lewis. (SEC Photo)
Alabama receiver Christian Lewis is a four-star recruit by 247Sports who had 70 catches for 1,235 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior for Pleasant Grove High School. He got his team into back-to-back state title games in 2019 and 2020 and had six catches for 111yards and two scores in the state championship game this year. He also had four catches for 57 yards in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic this year.
The 6-4, 190-pound Lewis had 75 catches for 1,398 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior.
Al.com writer Randy Kennedy called Lewis the “most underrated” signee in the state of Alabama. Here’s what he wrote in his national signing day story:
“Pleasant Grove wide receiver Christian Lewis chose Kentucky over …. pretty much nobody. Four years from now, after he’s played in the 2025 Senior Bowl and his name is called in the NFL Draft, a lot of people in Alabama are going to be wondering why we never heard his name associated with the (Alabama) Crimson Tide or (Auburn) Tigers.”
Lewis is a three-sport athlete — he was Class 5A all-state second team in basketball as a junior and also runs track. Lewis was named Class 5A first-team offense by the Alabama Sports Writers Association and MaxPreps in 2020.
Stoops said Lewis was one of the “difference makers” in UK’s signing class and even without offers from Alabama or Auburn, he did still have close to 50 scholarship offers.
Lewis said on signing day that the addition of Los Angeles Rams assistant coach Liam Coen as offensive coordinator impressed him and he thinks “UK will open up the passing game more and the ball to playmakers.”
