.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is taking his high school group to brand new heights, a couple of months just before he registers in Lincoln as part of a recruiting class that he counts on to do the exact same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran Senior high school to a 42-20 success on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef made up three goals and also assisted Orange Lutheran combat a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is positioned 16th country wide through MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco following full week in the college’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Part Department 1 semifinal around. The champion could face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 ins and 195 extra pounds, mentioned he is actually “one hundred percent locked in” on Nebraska in front of the start of the very early signing duration on Dec. 4. He’s a headliner in the Huskers’ 20-member course that ranks 20th across the country after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt coming from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our experts’re going to get a married couple even more men (to flip),” Lateef pointed out Friday evening.
“Our experts are actually going to surprise the globe.” Nebraska remains to function to flip Millard South limited end Pursuit Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, assisted his Omaha group get approved for Nebraska’s Class A champion with a win on Friday night. It will face two-time defending champion Omaha Westside at Memorial Coliseum.
Four-star pass receiver Cortez Mills of House, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, additionally continues to be a target of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams saw Lateef on Friday night at Orange Shore University. Orange Lutheran leapt out to a 28-0 top as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard operate and also hooked up for 22 gardens with Arizona State tight end devote AJ Ia.Adversity struck for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of many Large 10 plans, led a revival. Lateef exited the game for one play in the 3rd fourth along with a lower leg trauma, but he went back to send 2 touchdown drives in the 4th quarter, overcoming a defender to reach the end zone coming from 4 lawns out for the last score.” I only must keep the individuals resolved, as well as our experts took momentum back,” Lateef claimed.
“I’m consistently heading to keep restful. Keep the same guy in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef dedicated to Nebraska in Might after his April visit for the spring season game. He’s kept strong to the Huskers with an eventful join Lincoln that included the appearance of correct freshman Dylan Raiola as the top QB as well as the improvement at offending organizer, with Dana Holgorsen signing up with the plan in very early November and also managing as the play caller this week.Williams and quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have sustained frequent call throughout the period with Lateef, that is actually thrown for more than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not yet checked out with Holgorsen.
Rhule said recently he would like to keep the former scalp trainer at West Virginia as well as Houston on team to work the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I respect Dylan. He is actually a terrific soccer player.
However my opportunity is going to arrive. I’ll use and also compete as well as let the remainder play out. The main thing regarding me, I’m certainly not heading to duck competitors.
He is actually an excellent regulation football player. But I am, too.” Lateef mentioned he organizes to register at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Picture: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).