.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is taking his senior high school crew to brand-new heights, a few months prior to he participates in Lincoln as portion of a sponsor course that he expects to perform the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran Secondary school to a 42-20 success on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented three goals and helped Orange Lutheran fight back a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime shortage to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is actually ranked 16th nationally through MaxPreps. It is going to participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco next week in the school’s first-ever appeal in the CIF-Southern Part Branch 1 semifinal around. The winner could encounter No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 inches as well as 195 pounds, mentioned he’s “one hundred percent nailed down” 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 training class that stands 20th across the country after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our company’re going to get a couple a lot more fellas (to turn),” Lateef claimed Friday night.
“Our team are actually going to surprise the planet.” Nebraska remains to work to flip Millard South tight end Hunt Loftin from Florida Condition. Loftin, a four-star prospect, assisted his Omaha team apply for Nebraska’s Course A champion with a gain on Friday night. It is going to deal with two-time defending champion Omaha Westside at Memorial Arena.
Four-star pass receiver Cortez Mills of Homestead, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, likewise remains a target of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams saw Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Coast University. Orange Lutheran dove out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate and also attached for 22 gardens with Arizona Condition strict end dedicate AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd one-fourth as Serra, responsible for quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of many Big Ten programs, led a resurgence. Lateef left the game for one play in the 3rd fourth with a lower leg accident, yet he returned to direct 2 goal pushes in the 4th quarter, negotiating a guardian to get to completion region coming from 4 gardens out for the last score.” I only needed to keep the men resolved, as well as our team took energy back,” Lateef said.
“I am actually constantly heading to keep calm. Stay the exact same fella in the hardest times.” Lateef committed to Nebraska in Might after his April see for the spring season activity. He is actually stayed solid to the Huskers by means of an active fall in Lincoln that included the introduction of correct fresher Dylan Raiola as the leading QB and the adjustment at annoying coordinator, along with Dana Holgorsen signing up with the course in very early November as well as taking over as the play caller this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas have sustained normal connect with throughout the period along with Lateef, who is actually thrown for more than 2,000 backyards as a senior.Lateef has not however visited along with Holgorsen.
Rhule mentioned today he would love to keep the past head instructor at West Virginia as well as Houston on team to operate the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef mentioned, “I respect Dylan. He’s a fantastic regulation football player.
However my time is going to come. I’ll use as well as compete as well as permit the rest play out. The main thing concerning me, I’m not mosting likely to duck competition.
He’s a wonderful football player. However I am actually, also.” Lateef mentioned he considers to enlist at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photo: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).