.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is actually taking his senior high school group to new heights, a couple of months prior to he enlists in Lincoln as part of a recruiting lesson that he anticipates to do the same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star possibility in the 247Sports Compound, sent Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 success on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented 3 goals and assisted Orange Lutheran fight off a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime deficiency to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is rated 16th nationally by MaxPreps. It will participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco next week in the school’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Segment Branch 1 semifinal sphere. The champion could possibly deal with No.
1 Mater Dei in the champion round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 ins as well as 195 pounds, said he is actually “one hundred percent locked in” on Nebraska in advance of the begin of the early finalizing time period 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 from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our experts are actually going to get a pair extra fellas (to turn),” Lateef pointed out Friday night.
“Our experts’re heading to stun the world.” Nebraska continues to function to flip Millard South limited end Chase Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star prospect, aided his Omaha crew receive Nebraska’s Training class A champion with a win on Friday evening. It will certainly encounter two-time standing up for champion Omaha Westside at Memorial Coliseum.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Homestead, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, likewise stays a target of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams viewed Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coastline University. Orange Lutheran dove bent on a 28-0 top as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard operate as well as linked for 22 backyards along with Arizona State limited end commit AJ Ia.Adversity hit for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd quarter as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of several Large Ten courses, led a revival. Lateef went out the ready one play in the 3rd fourth along with a leg trauma, however he returned to direct pair of touchdown pushes in the 4th quarter, leaping over a protector to hit completion area from 4 lawns out for the last rating.” I simply needed to keep the fellas resolved, and our experts took energy back,” Lateef pointed out.
“I’m constantly heading to remain restful. Remain the very same fella in the hardest times.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in Might after his April visit for the spring activity. He’s kept strong to the Huskers through an active fall in Lincoln that consisted of the introduction of real fresher Dylan Raiola as the top QB and also the improvement at repulsive coordinator, with Dana Holgorsen participating in the course in very early Nov and consuming as the play agent this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks instructor Glenn Thomas have kept routine connect with throughout the season with Lateef, who is actually thrown for greater than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not yet visited with Holgorsen.
Rhule claimed recently he would love to keep the previous head instructor at West Virginia and Houston on team to work the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef mentioned, “I recognize Dylan. He’s a great soccer gamer.
However my opportunity is heading to come. I’ll use and contend and also allow the rest play out. One thing about me, I am actually certainly not visiting duck competition.
He is actually a wonderful regulation football gamer. However I am actually, also.” Lateef mentioned he intends to sign up at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Image: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).