Orlando, Florida · Point Guard · No. 4

Julian
Newman

Started varsity basketball in the fifth grade. Was called the most marketed twelve-year-old in the world before he'd finished middle school. Broke a Florida scoring record set in 1998. Now plays point guard for the Bethesda Lion Angels in NCCAA Division I, and fights on undercards for a livestreamer's boxing promotion.

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Born

06.09.2001

Height

5′7″

Weight

141 lb

Position

Point Guard

College

Bethesda

Instagram

1M+

91 points in a middle-school game/ Youngest to 1,000 varsity points/ 3,873 career high-school points/ 13 million views on one highlight/ Ellen · Steve Harvey · Good Morning America/ 91 points in a middle-school game/ Youngest to 1,000 varsity points/ 3,873 career high-school points/ 13 million views on one highlight/ Ellen · Steve Harvey · Good Morning America/

01 — The numbers that made the name

Before he could drive

Every figure below is documented. None of it is an estimate, and none of it is rounded up.

Points in a game

Scored as a fifth grader on the middle-school team — which is what got him promoted to varsity.

4′5″

Height at 11

Weighing 70 lb, starting varsity. The smallest uniform available still had to be tightened with a hair tie.

3.5M

Views, first highlight

The ScoutsFocus reel that followed MaxPreps' “Fifth grader starting for Florida varsity team”, 19 December 2012.

1,000

Varsity points, age 13

In seventh grade, 2015 — the youngest player ever to reach the mark.

Points vs Kyree Walker

MiddleSchoolHoopsTV camp, 4 October 2016. The highlight passed 13 million views.

3,873

Career HS points by year 2

Passing the Florida prep record Teddy Dupay set in 1998 — as a sophomore.

02 — The reach

A basketball career
that became a media career

Television

National morning TV

Appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Steve Harvey and Good Morning America, plus a half-time performance at an Orlando Magic game.

SI & The New York Times

Covered by Sports Illustrated and The New York Times for starting varsity in fifth grade. In 2014 the Tampa Bay Times called him “the most marketed 12-year-old basketball player in the world.”

Series

Born Ready · Hello Newmans

Born Ready, a documentary series on Elite Mixtapes, started in 2015. Hello Newmans, the family reality show, launched on Overtime in 2019 across YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.

Social

@juliannewman4

More than a million followers on Instagram, plus TikTok at @therealjuliannewman.

Ring

Brand Risk

Exhibition boxing on Adin Ross's Brand Risk crossover cards. Beat Gio Wise in 2025, then headlined Brand Risk 10 in Tennessee on 3 October 2025 — three rounds against Oblivion, won by unanimous decision.

Apparel

Prodigy

The family's sports apparel brand. Merchandise has been sold at his games since high school — a USA Today piece in January 2019 covered him and LaMelo Ball both selling their own gear.

03 — Where he is now

Bethesda University

Signed in 2024 with the Bethesda Lion Angels of the National Christian College Athletic Association, Division I, West Region.

Season one — 2024/25

Debut, 24 October 2024 vs The Master's — scoreless, 0-for-6, all from three, in a 109–23 loss.
Career high 6 points on 3-of-6 shooting at Southern Utah, 13 November 2024.
Full season: 3 games, 12.0 minutes, 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.7 assists per game.

Season two — 2025/26

Returned for a sophomore season, switching from No. 2 to No. 4.
His father, Jamie Newman, was hired as Bethesda's head women's basketball coach ahead of the season.
No per-game line is published yet — the season is in progress, so this page does not print one.

Why this page has no photographs No verified, rights-clear photograph of Julian Newman was available when this page was built. Rather than fill the space with stock imagery of anonymous athletes — which is what the current storefront does — this site is built entirely from type and the documented record.

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