.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback dedicate TJ Lateef is taking his secondary school group to new levels, a couple of months before he enlists in Lincoln as component of a sponsor class that he expects to carry out the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Compound, directed Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 triumph on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef accounted for three goals as well as aided Orange Lutheran eliminate a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime shortage to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is actually rated 16th across the country through MaxPreps. It will certainly play No.
7 St. John Bosco upcoming full week in the school’s first-ever look in the CIF-Southern Segment Division 1 semifinal around. The victor could encounter No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 ins and 195 extra pounds, claimed he is actually “one hundred percent nailed down” on Nebraska ahead of the start of the very early finalizing time frame on Dec. 4. He’s a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member course that ranks 20th country wide after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our team’re going to acquire a couple extra guys (to flip),” Lateef stated Friday night.
“Our team’re heading to surprise the planet.” Nebraska remains to operate to turn Millard South limited side Pursuit Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, aided his Omaha crew apply for Nebraska’s Class A championship along with a gain on Friday night. It is going to deal with two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of House, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, also remains a target of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Shore University. Orange Lutheran hopped out to a 28-0 top as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate as well as connected for 22 backyards with Arizona State limited end devote AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd quarter as Serra, responsible for quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of numerous Big Ten plans, led a revival. Lateef exited the ready one play in the third fourth along with a lower leg injury, however he came back to send pair of touchdown drives in the fourth quarter, leaping over a defender to hit completion region from 4 gardens out for the last score.” I only must always keep the fellas settled, and our experts took drive back,” Lateef claimed.
“I am actually regularly visiting stay restful. Keep the same guy in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef committed to Nebraska in Might after his April see for the springtime video game. He is actually stayed solid to the Huskers through a memorable fall in Lincoln that featured the development of accurate freshman Dylan Raiola as the best QB as well as the modification at outrageous planner, with Dana Holgorsen signing up with the plan in very early November and taking control of as the play customer this week.Williams and quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas have actually maintained routine contact throughout the period along with Lateef, who’s thrown for much more than 2,000 backyards as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not yet gone to with Holgorsen.
Rhule said recently he would like to keep the former scalp trainer at West Virginia and also Houston on personnel to operate the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef mentioned, “I recognize Dylan. He’s a wonderful football gamer.
Yet my opportunity is actually going to come. I’ll use as well as compete and permit the rest play out. Something regarding me, I’m not visiting duck competitors.
He’s a fantastic regulation football gamer. Yet I am, too.” Lateef stated he considers to enroll at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photograph: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).