.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is taking his secondary school group to brand-new heights, a couple of months prior to he registers in Lincoln as portion of a recruiting class that he expects to accomplish the same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 success on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented 3 goals as well as aided Orange Lutheran battle a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is rated 16th nationally through MaxPreps. It is going to play No.
7 St. John Bosco upcoming week in the school’s first-ever look in the CIF-Southern Segment Department 1 semifinal around. The winner could encounter No.
1 Mater Dei in the champion round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 inches and 195 pounds, claimed he’s “100 percent secured” on Nebraska before the start of the early finalizing duration on Dec. 4. He’s a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member class that ranks 20th across the country after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt from Alabama to Nebraska.” We are actually going to receive a couple even more fellas (to turn),” Lateef pointed out Friday night.
“Our experts are actually going to shock the planet.” Nebraska remains to function to turn Millard South limited side Chase Loftin from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, assisted his Omaha group qualify for Nebraska’s Course A champion with a win on Friday evening. It will experience two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Arena.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of House, Fla., an Oklahoma dedicate, additionally continues to be an aim at of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Shoreline University. Orange Lutheran dove out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard run as well as linked for 22 yards along with Arizona State tight end dedicate AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd one-fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of many Big Ten systems, led a resurgence. Lateef went out the game for one play in the third quarter along with a leg accident, but he went back to direct two touchdown pushes in the fourth one-fourth, hurdling a defender to hit completion zone coming from 4 gardens out for the ultimate rating.” I simply must always keep the men settled, and also our team took momentum back,” Lateef mentioned.
“I am actually always heading to keep restful. Remain the very same man in the hardest times.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in May after his April go to for the spring video game. He’s stayed sound to the Huskers through an eventful fall in Lincoln that included the development of accurate freshman Dylan Raiola as the leading QB as well as the change at offending coordinator, along with Dana Holgorsen joining the plan in very early November and also consuming as the play customer this week.Williams and also quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas have kept normal get in touch with throughout the time with Lateef, that is actually tossed for more than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has not however checked out with Holgorsen.
Rhule said this week he want to keep the former head coach at West Virginia and Houston on workers to operate the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef stated, “I value Dylan. He’s a great football gamer.
Yet my opportunity is actually going to arrive. I’ll use as well as compete as well as permit the remainder participate in out. A single thing regarding me, I am actually certainly not visiting duck competitors.
He is actually an excellent soccer gamer. Yet I am, too.” Lateef said he prepares to sign up at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photo: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).